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The diagram below shows the development of the horse over a period of 40 million years. The evolution of the horse, with particular emphasis on the changing foot structure. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

The diagram below shows the development of the horse over a period of 40 million years. The evolution of the horse, with particular emphasis on the changing foot structure. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
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The diagram illustrates the
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 evolution throughout 40
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years
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, underscoring its foot structure.
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, it can be seen that scientists have outlined four main stages of
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the
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animal development.
To begin
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, the horse’s story started 40
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years
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 ago, when the ancient animal had fully developed
fingers
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.
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, the horse’s ancestor was almost two times smaller than its modern descendants. The subsequent stage shows how these 4
fingers
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 transformed into the 3 ones 30
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years
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 ago.
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, even though the phalanges shortened, the size of the animal increased by approximately 50%. On the next stage of the
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 evolution 15
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years
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 ago, it became more recognizable by people, but its foot structure still contained the same number of
fingers
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 they gained strength and mobility by additional phalanges.
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, modern horses have no
fingers
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 on their feet, but
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 hooves for convenient movement. In conclusion, I find it interesting that throughout the horse evolution, the animal possessed mostly various amounts of
fingers
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 with phalanges rather than hooves.
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 the horse’s foot development was the rise in its size, as with more weight the animal needed more reliable feet.
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