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Accessibly written and featuring full-color photographs and illustrations throughout, The Rise of Horses is the complete chronicle of the evolution of the equids.

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Overall, a useful popular book for the intended audience. Choice 2010 Goff combines teaching and research to create a novel way of looking at athletics. Choice 2010 A comprehensive account, with full-coloured photographs and clear drawings that are very useful for teachers and students. -- Evelyne Bremond-Hoslet & Christian Denys Mammalia 2011

Table of Contents

Preface to the English Edition
1. Prologue
2. Introduction
3. The Depths of Time
4. Europe in the Eocene
5. The Dawn Horses of the Morning Cloud
6. Constructions and Functions
7. Discovering Horse Evolution
8. Evolution and Expansion of the Horses
9. Pseudo Horses and Relatives of Horses
10. The Ice Age and the Roots of Modern Horses
11. Conclusion
Exhibits on the Evolution of Horses
Further Reading
Index

The Rise of Horses

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 29 March 2010
      ISBN-13 9780801893735
      978-0801893735
      ISBN-10 0801893739
      Also in:
      Palaeontology Evolution / Evolutionary biology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Accessibly written and featuring full-color photographs and illustrations throughout, The Rise of Horses is the complete chronicle of the evolution of the equids.

      Trade Review
      Overall, a useful popular book for the intended audience. Choice 2010 Goff combines teaching and research to create a novel way of looking at athletics. Choice 2010 A comprehensive account, with full-coloured photographs and clear drawings that are very useful for teachers and students. -- Evelyne Bremond-Hoslet & Christian Denys Mammalia 2011

      Table of Contents

      Preface to the English Edition
      1. Prologue
      2. Introduction
      3. The Depths of Time
      4. Europe in the Eocene
      5. The Dawn Horses of the Morning Cloud
      6. Constructions and Functions
      7. Discovering Horse Evolution
      8. Evolution and Expansion of the Horses
      9. Pseudo Horses and Relatives of Horses
      10. The Ice Age and the Roots of Modern Horses
      11. Conclusion
      Exhibits on the Evolution of Horses
      Further Reading
      Index

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