A moving account of equine history: The development of alternative gaits
Alan Vincelette traverses the characteristics, distribution, function, and origins of these interesting gaits.
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Alan Vincelette traverses the characteristics, distribution, function, and origins of these interesting gaits.
They have vanished through evolutionary processes, according to the international team of researchers.
An analysis of footprints by the prehistoric three-toed equid Hipparion sheds light on the evolution of horses, and especially their toes.
Horses' ancient ancestors once trotted across the landscape on a small number of hooved toes, evolving over the ages to a single solid hoof we see today.
Early horses roamed the hot, damp jungles of North America and Europe. Named 'the Dawn Horse', they were small, no bigger than a dog.