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Horses have been bred since antiquity. Their use for transportation was curtailed in the early 1900s as [[automobile]]s (then called "horseless carriages") replaced them.  In [[US Customary System of Units|imperial measurement]]s, motors are still measured in terms of [[horsepower]].

Horses have been bred since antiquity. Their use for transportation was curtailed in the early 1900s as [[automobile]]s (then called "horseless carriages") replaced them.  In [[US Customary System of Units|imperial measurement]]s, motors are still measured in terms of [[horsepower]].

The height of a horse is usually measured in "hands", with one hand corresponding to to approximately four inches or ten centimetres.

The height of a horse is usually measured in "hands", with one hand corresponding to approximately four inches or ten centimetres.

A male horse is called ''stallion'' and a ''mare'' is the term for a female horse.

A male horse is called ''stallion'' and a ''mare'' is the term for a female horse.

==Young Earth Creationist view of origins==

==Young Earth Creationist view of origins==

[[Young Earth Creationism|Creationary]] biologists believe that the horse [[baraminology|baramin]] is one of the kinds taken by [[Noah]] aboard the Ark. Therefore all horse-like animals (including zebras and donkeys) are descended from the fourteen horses taken on board by Noah.<ref>Sarfati, Jonathan, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/595/ How did all the animals fit on Noah's Ark?], Creation 19(2):16–19, March 1997.</ref>

[[Young Earth Creationism|Creationary]] biologists believe that the horse [[baraminology|baramin]] is one of the kinds taken by [[Noah]] aboard the Ark. Therefore, all horse-like animals (including zebras and donkeys) are descended from the fourteen horses taken on board by Noah.<ref>Sarfati, Jonathan, [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/595/ How did all the animals fit on Noah's Ark?], Creation 19(2):16–19, March 1997.</ref>

Creationists reject that ''Hyracotherium'' is a horse at all (it was named by [[Richard Owen]] as being similar to a [[hyrax]], not a horse,<ref name="NonE">Sarfati, Jonathan, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/308/ The non-evolution of the horse], ''Creation'' 21(3):28–31, June 1999.</ref> and consider the rest of the so-called ''horse series'' as simply variations within the horse baramin, and not evidence of evolution at all.

Creationists reject that ''Hyracotherium'' is a horse at all (it was named by [[Richard Owen]] as being similar to a [[hyrax]], not a horse,<ref name="NonE">Sarfati, Jonathan, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/308/ The non-evolution of the horse], ''Creation'' 21(3):28–31, June 1999.</ref> and consider the rest of the so-called ''horse series'' as simply variations within the horse baramin, and not evidence of evolution at all.