KNOWING THE COMPLEX HISTORY OF HORSES CAN HELP YOU TO TRULY UNDERSTAND THEIR UNIQUE PLACE IN THIS WORLD.
These first species of ‘horses’ were small and resembled dogs more than they did modern-day horses.
Merychippus had a more horse-like head and it lived among the plains of North America and stood around 3 feet high.
Horses continued to evolve and around 2.6 million years ago. They eventually evolved into the horse we know and love today, the Equus caballus.
HORSES EVOLVED TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO ADAPT TO THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND FORGE THEIR OWN PATH INTO MODERN DAY EXISTENCE.