From One Ancestor
- ISBN-10
- 0671324012
- ISBN-13
- 9780671324018
- Category
- Evolution
- Pages
- 54
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1971
- Publisher
- Julian Messner
- Author
- Georg Zappler
Description
Chronicles the evolution of the horse from the small eohippus to the equus, the animal we know today.
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