William Taylor is an archaeologist and researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. Born and raised in Montana, his research explores the ways that horses and other domestic animals have impacted human societies and human history around the globe. William is a National Geographic Young Explorer, receiving his Ph.D. with distinction from the University of New Mexico in 2017. His research has been funded by the Nation Science Foundation, National Geographic, the U.S. Fulbright Student Research program, and a number of other national and international granting agencies. Dr. Taylor’s work on early horse culture in Mongolia and Central Asia has been featured by CNN and Science Magazine, and published in leading international journals such as Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS One.