Come see or watch the filmed lecture by Ludovic Orlando, research director at CNRS and founder of the Center for Anthropobiology and Genomics in Toulouse. Winner of the CNRS silver medal (2023) and the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize (2024).
How does genetics allow us to trace the history of horse domestication? For a long time, the origin of horse domestication and its biological consequences remained difficult to understand. Thanks to the ancient DNA preserved in skeletons unearthed by archaeologists, palaeogenetics now allows us to reconstruct this history with unprecedented precision. In this lecture given at the Natural History Museum, Ludovic Orlando presents the discoveries that have profoundly renewed our knowledge, notably the identification of the geographical cradle of horse domestication. The domestication of the horse has transformed the dynamics of exchanges between peoples, their goods, languages and cultures. It constitutes a real turning point in the history of human societies.

• For all ages 10 and above
• Free, access through the entrance hall, subject to availability
• Meeting place: Entrance hall
• Please arrive at the meeting point 15 minutes before the conference starts.