WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. You should write at least 150 words. Writing task 1

The diagram illustrates the

horse

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evolution throughout 40

million

years

, underscoring its foot structure.

Overall

, 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

, the horse’s story started 40

million

years

ago, when the ancient animal had fully developed

fingers

.

Furthermore

, the horse’s ancestor was almost two times smaller than its modern descendants. The subsequent stage shows how these 4

fingers

transformed into the 3 ones 30

million

years

ago.

Additionally

, even though the phalanges shortened, the size of the animal increased by approximately 50%. On the next stage of the

horse

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evolution 15

million

years

ago, it became more recognizable by people, but its foot structure still contained the same number of

fingers

,

although

they gained strength and mobility by additional phalanges.

Finally

, modern horses have no

fingers

on their feet, but

instead

hooves for convenient movement. In conclusion, I find it interesting that throughout the horse evolution, the animal possessed mostly various amounts of

fingers

with phalanges rather than hooves.

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, the main factor

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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.