Zöology; a textbook for colleges and universities . Photograph by Professor J. C. Ewart FIG. 198. Sherkieh, an Arab of theHamdani Simri strain. Photograph hy Professor J. C. EwartFIG. igg. Romano, a type of horse simi-lar to that figured by prehistoric men inthe Combarelles cave, France. EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE AND THE ELEPHANT 425 equestrian statues. The profile of the face is distinctlyconcave, and the short skull is broad between the tail vertebras are reduced, and there are only fiveinstead of six lumbar vertebrae. The English thorough-bred horse, remarkable for its speed, owes muc
Zöology; a textbook for colleges and universities . Photograph by Professor J. C. Ewart FIG. 198. Sherkieh, an Arab of theHamdani Simri strain. Photograph hy Professor J. C. EwartFIG. igg. Romano, a type of horse simi-lar to that figured by prehistoric men inthe Combarelles cave, France. EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE AND THE ELEPHANT 425 equestrian statues. The profile of the face is distinctlyconcave, and the short skull is broad between the tail vertebras are reduced, and there are only fiveinstead of six lumbar vertebrae. The English thorough-bred horse, remarkable for its speed, owes much of itsquality to Arab blood. EVOLUTION OF THE ELEPHANT I. The evolutionary history of the elephant was long Discovery ofunknown, but in comparatively recent years the Fayum ance^to*s. ofdesert of Egypt has yielded a series of fossil animals Egyptwhich serve to connect the highly specialized elephantof today with much more primitive types. Dr. C. of the British Museum, who obtained most ofthese fossils, has given a full discussion of th
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