The kunga was a hybrid equid that was used as a draft animal in ancient Syria and Mesopotamia, where it also served as an economic and political status symbol. Cuneiform writings from as …

Jul 17, 2023 · Among archeologists, the kunga is known as one of humanity’s first beasts of burden. Now, DNA research suggests that this striking equid may have also been the earliest …

Jan 20, 2022 · A genetic analysis using ancient skeletal remains, genetic material from the last surviving Syrian wild ass, and an investigation of the evolutionary history of the genus Equus …

Jan 14, 2022 · That animal is a kunga, which the researchers show was a cross between a female donkey and a male Syrian wild ass. Kungas were valuable in Mesopotamia, costing up to six …

Jan 18, 2022 · Kunga, the Ancient Prized Hybrid Equid These special animals were recently proven to be a cross between the female domestic donkey and the Syrian wild ass. (Top) An …

As early as the 3rd millennium BC, Mesopotamians crossbred the domestic donkey with the now-extinct Syrian wild ass to produce a hybrid known as a Kunga. Horse-donkey hybrids (the …

Jan 14, 2022 · In ancient Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago, long before horses arrived in the region, another spirited member of the equine family, the kunga, took a starring role in pulling four …

Jan 16, 2022 · The Kunga, the researchers found, is the first identified case of two species' human-engineered hybrid, a production very far from the traditional process of animal …

Jan 25, 2022 · Skeletons of over 30 equids found inside their own tombs at Umm el-Marra have been identified as the elite kunga equids referred to in third-millennium Syrian and …

Feb 21, 2022 · A genetic analysis using ancient skeletal remains, genetic material from the last surviving Syrian wild ass, and an investigation of the evolutionary history of the genus Equus …