With regard to Darwin’s theory of evolution, Williams claims that these tiny animals became bigger and faster over time not as a form of progress but “because the world around them changed. Fossils suggest that they resembled dogs. Travelling across continents to talk to equine ethologists, palaeontologists, animal behaviourists and fellow horse-lovers, Williams discovers that the modern horse is descended from 56-million-year-old ancestors, “dawn horses” with three toes. Wendy Williams is a science journalist and author of the New York Times bestseller The Horse: The Epic History of Our Noble Companion. For horses allowed our ancestors to traverse vast stretches of land more swiftly than they could on foot. In this scientific traveloguebiography of the horseand worldwide investigation into the bond that unites horses and humans, one of the only elements Williams ( Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing. Williams suggests that the domestication of horses “became the foundation on which human civilisation was built”. An enthusiastic history of and appreciation for all things horse. The 51-year-old host of The Wendy Williams Show recently revealed on Conan that about two years ago, when he was 13, he learned the hard way what can happen if you enter someone's room. Fossils and cave drawings demonstrate that an emotional bond between horses and humans existed long ago. And she's combined her passions to bring us the new book The Horse: The Epic History of Our Noble Companion.

In her engaging, comprehensive study of equine evolution, the science journalist Wendy Williams combines a love of horses with a keen interest in natural history. She's a veteran science journalist and equestrian.

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