Evolution is amazing.

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While browsing thru you tube I found a video on the evolution of today's modern horses.
The most ancient horse ancestor was the EOHIPPUS also called the Dawn Horse. It was a tiny fleet footed creature about the size of a small dog.
Over time, it left more and more off-springs and slowly over eons, it became larger.
We have the fossilized bones of every stage of horse evolution.

Evolution is an amazing subject.

I'd like to read about any theory of how humans eventually captured horses and learned to ride them . :)
 

Look for the PBS documentary "Equus", two episodes. One of the most interesting and visually stunning documentaries I've ever seen. Skip the theories and focus on the science, which is amazing enough.

There's a stunning computer recreation of Eohippus from its fossil skeleton in the documentary that is a treat to see!
 

It is interesting, isn't it.

In the case of marsupials things seem to have gone in the opposite direction. Forerunners of modern marsupials like wombats and kangaroos were much bigger than they are today.

Kangaroo Evolution
Around 30 million years ago, a marsupial-like creature crawled out of the trees for the first time and started to roam the land below. Hence, the Australia Kangaroo was born. This was the very beginning of the evolution of kangaroos and countless other amazing creatures.

One of these animals was a giant kangaroo known as Procoptodon Goliah, a large leaf-eating marsupial. How large?

It is believed that this kangaroo weighed hundreds of kilograms, and rather than walk like the kangaroos of today, experts believe it walked more like a dinosaur.

The Procoptodon Goliah is thought to have gone extinct about 15,000 years ago but its legacy remains.

Today, we are all more familiar with the iconic red kangaroo. Bounding across the Australian outback, these can also be domineering and large, with the male kangaroo weighing up to 92 kilograms.
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Evolution is amazing.​


Yes, I totally agree, I used to be a fish y'know, I've still got gills and a dorsal fin on the top of my head. I don't mind about that so much, but smelling like a trout is no joke, 'cause no-one will sit next to me on the bus. ;)šŸ˜Š
 
Warrigal said:
It is interesting, isn't it.

In the case of marsupials things seem to have gone in the opposite direction. Forerunners of modern marsupials like wombats and kangaroos were much bigger than they are today.
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Unlike most animals, the Panda seems determined to go extinct because they eat ONLY bamboo and they breed so seldom.
Mankind is now their only hope.
 
Thanks for the link. Smartphone watched the whole 51 minute interview before rising this morning from my warm blankets. Evolutionary biology and paleontology are among my past science reading interests also. Am absolutely amazed at how rapidly through geologic time DNA life evolves that shows its cellular mechanisms are more than just surivial of the fittests as is popularly understood. Have already ordered his used 2008 best seller for $6 total. Watching the interview am envious of his rapid out flowing conversational style with excellent choice of words that reflects his top educational credentials. A result of years of cross pollination among other enthusiastic elite educators and scientists. In several ways he, much enthusiastically fascinated by life, existence, universe, mirrors my own personality, that is less developed due to circumstance.

As someone else spending much time out in difficult field environments, and enjoys intelligent discussion, we would get along well. Especially liked his brief take on creative processes. Also Robert Kriesler is a most terrific science interviewer. People like NS will sadly never have enough time during our brief human lifetimes of this exciting information telecom and science knee era to experience and explore but a fraction of what we see is possible. The issue some seniors have of escaping "boredom" is a most alien notion.
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Side note on an odd issue with New Posts...

I don't tend to hunt around in subforum listings because there are so many. In the past have noticed the New Posts function seems to miss and not list some posts. One can view such topics only by going to their actual subforums or searching. This thread is a one of those. Since "Evolution" is in the thread title, suspect there is a board algorithm with admin check boxes for certain words potentially controversial, auto filtering out any threads containing those words? In some cases as this, the actual thread topics are not at all controversial. Thus topic authors ought be careful what they use in topic titles.
 
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