Reply to Shelach-Lavi et al.: Implications of the horse assemblages from Shirenzigou and Xigou

Yue Li^{1

2}, Chengrui Zhang³, William Timothy Treal Taylor^{4

5}, Liang Chen^{1

2}, Rowan K Flad³, Nicole Boivin⁵, Huan Liu⁶, Yue You⁷, Jianxin Wang^{1

2}, Meng Ren^{1

2}, Tongyuan Xi^{1

2}, Yifu Han^{1

2}, Rui Wen^{1

2}, Jian Ma^{8

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Cultural Heritage, Northwest University, 710069 Xi'an, China.
² Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cultural Heritage Studies and Conservation, Northwest University, 710069 Xi'an, China.
³ Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.
⁴ Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309.
⁵ Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745 Jena, Germany.
⁶ School of Resource, Environment, and Historical Culture, Xianyang Normal University, 712000 Xianyang, China.
⁷ School of History, Capital Normal University, 100048 Beijing, China.
⁸ School of Cultural Heritage, Northwest University, 710069 Xi'an, China; eurasiansteppes@126.com.

Yue Li et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021.

. 2021 Apr 20;118(16):e2025947118.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2025947118.

¹ School of Cultural Heritage, Northwest University, 710069 Xi'an, China.
² Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cultural Heritage Studies and Conservation, Northwest University, 710069 Xi'an, China.
³ Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.
⁴ Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309.
⁵ Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745 Jena, Germany.
⁶ School of Resource, Environment, and Historical Culture, Xianyang Normal University, 712000 Xianyang, China.
⁷ School of History, Capital Normal University, 100048 Beijing, China.
⁸ School of Cultural Heritage, Northwest University, 710069 Xi'an, China; eurasiansteppes@126.com.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

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