How horses lost their extra toes
An Age of Why cinematic deep history explainer. Original AI-generated illustrative imagery and reconstructions; synthetic narration. Illustrative images are not records of specific events.
Sources:
Modern horses have lost their additional toes, scientists confirm — https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2023/june/horses-lost-their-toes.html
Mechanics of evolutionary digit reduction in fossil horses (Equidae) — https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28835559/
Is one toe really better than three? How horses’ legs evolved for endurance travel rather than speed — https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2019/april/horse-leg-evolution-.html
Evolution of Horses — https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/advanced-mammals/evolution-of-horses
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