Illustration and photo-reconstruction of the primitive three-toed horse Anchitherium aurelianense. Anchitherium (meaning near beast) was a browsing (l

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Illustration and photo-reconstruction of the primitive three-toed horse Anchitherium aurelianense. Anchitherium (meaning near beast) was a browsing (leaf eating) horse that originated in the early Miocene of North America and subsequently dispersed to Europe and Asia. It was around 60 centimetres high at the shoulder, and probably represented a side-branch of horse evolution that left no modern descendants.

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Photo credit: © ROMAN UCHYTEL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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