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Line 1: − + − + − Biologists place these four legged [[ungulate]]s of the ''Equus'' family.+ − ===Origin===+ − The traditional Biblical view is that all animals originated in the Middle East after being collected by Noah in his Ark. Unfortunately [[baraminologist|baraminologists]] are unable to explain transitional fossils such as − * Hyracotherium+ − * Orohippus+ − * Epihippus+ − * Duchesnehippus − * Mesohippus − * Miohippus − * Kalobatippus − * Parahippus − * Merychippus − * Dinohippus − * Plesippus − * Hippotigris − * Equus
Evolutionary view of Origins
[[Image:Blackstallion.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A Black Stallion.]]
[[Image:Blackstallion.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A Black Stallion.]]
'''Horses''' are among man's best friends in the animal kingdom. They provided a source of rapid transportation for hunting and travel. They pulled wagons, carts and buses. They helped plow fields.
'''Horses''' provide a source of rapid transportation for hunting and travel. They can pull wagons, carts and buses. They helped plow fields.
Long a source of wonder and mystery, these intelligent animals have been bred since antiquity. Their use for tranportation was curtailed in the early 1900s as [[automobiles]] (then called "horseless carriages") replaced them and the annoying [[manure|horse pollution]] they dropped on city streets.
Long a source of wonder and mystery, these intelligent animals have been bred since antiquity. Their use for transportation was curtailed in the early 1900s as [[automobiles]] (then called "horseless carriages") replaced them and the annoying [[manure|horse pollution]] they dropped on city streets.
==Evolutionary view of Origins==
Evolutionists claim that the modern horse has slowly evolved into its present form over the course of about 60 million years. From Eohippus (60 million years ago) to Equus (1 million years ago). They base this claim on the gradual "change" of the leg bones and skulls from the toes of Eohippus to the hoofs of Equus. However, there is no site in the entire world that this supposed macroevolutionary succession can be seen in the fossil record. Instead, the fossils have been gathered from several different '''continents''' and put together to form the sequence.<ref>Exploring Creation with Biology, by Dr. Jay L. Wile and Marilyn F. Durnell, Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc., 2005.</ref>
In addition to the location of the fossils, evolution demands that in order for this sequence to be true, Eohippus must have lived '''before''' all of the others. Therefore, Eohippus would be found lower than all the others in the rock strata. However, fossils of '''Equus''' have been found just as close to the surface of the earth as Eohippus fossils.
On top of all that, even though the leg bones and skull of the fossils seem to show an macroevolutionary sequence, the rest of the skeletons do not. The ribs vary in amount from 15-19 with no obvious pattern. The lumbar vertebrae vary from 6-8, again with no pattern. According to evolution, these should also follow some sort of "trend."
[[Category:Hoofed mammals]]
[[Category:Hoofed mammals]]
[[Category:Livestock]]
[[Category:Livestock]]