Absolutely Gorgeous And The Horse Is Beautiful Also.

It’s really difficult to concentrate on the horse but I finally managed and they are both beautiful.

Over the course of 50 million years, horses evolved from small, many-toed animals to the majestic, single-toed equines we know today. Some wild horses remain, but most are domestic animals used by humans for a variety of reasons. Transportation and battle have been historically important uses of the domesticated horse into the modern era.

The horse family tree spans millions of years, with the earliest known horses evolving 55 million years ago. For much of this time, multiple horse species lived at the same time, often side by side. Around 10 million years ago, up to a dozen horse species roamed the Great Plains of North America, coming in many shapes and sizes.

The horse family first appeared in North America. For most of their history, they remained small forest browsers. However, changing climate conditions allowed grasslands to expand, and about 20 million years ago, many new species rapidly evolved. Some of these new species became larger and had the familiar hooves and grazing diets that we associate with horses today. Only these species survived to the present, but in the past, small and large species lived side by side.