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3888, record shows horses evolved from one species to another
Posted by 40thStreetBlack, Wed Sep-24-03 05:06 PM
>but that is an evolution within one
>species. horses evolving into somewhat different horses,
>etc.

That is incorrect - the fossil record for horses shows evolution within the same *family* (equid) into different species (and genus for that matter). Only the modern genus Equus contains the species that can be identified as a true "horse" (Equus caballus); the others in the fossil record are distinct and seperate species from the modern horse. So the fossil record does indeed show that horses evolved from one species to another.

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