Equus : Story of the Horse — First Riders [videorecording] / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Thompson, Niobe 1973- (director). Canu, Tamarra (production coordinator). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author).

Summary:

The domestication of the horse has been a mystery of science for generations. In Episode 2 of Equus, First Riders, anthropologist turned filmmaker Niobe Thompson travels to Kazakhstan to witness the groundbreaking discovery of a skeleton from the earliest culture ever to tame horses. In this episode, viewers get a set of genuine science scoops: we are the first to learn that our ancestors domesticated the horse twice and that early riders carried the world’s first pandemic of plague to Europe.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (45 min 01 sec)
Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2018

Content descriptions

General Note:	From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to Curio.ca subscribers
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director: Thompson, Niobe, 1973- ; Production Coordinator: Canu, Tamarra.
System Details Note:	Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://curio.ca/en/video/equus-story-of-the-horse-first-riders-18439/
Language Note:	In English. Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation