By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA) THE RIDERS WHO OUTRAN THE HORIZON* When the Aryan cattle-keepers spread across the western grasslands, a new breed of wanderer thundered behind them—the horse-keepers. Both the Cattlekeepers and the Horseherders were Caucasoid. Professor Ralph Linton wrote that these riders “transformed mobility into a weapon.” Where cattle demanded fences, …





