Tag Archives: Equus caballus

The most (and least) read posts of 2017!

Posted on December 31, 2017 by twilightbeasts

It’s that time of year again when websites shout about their most read blog posts. Of course it’s a little bit of self promotion, but it is also quite interesting to see what has been popular over the last year. … Continue reading →

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The Stuff Of Night-Mares

Posted on July 7, 2017 by twilightbeasts

Now that my thesis is nearly at the end, I can tell you all this secret. I have been so tiddled off at the archaeological paradigm that all ancient horses were wee tiny ponies. Victorian zoologists like Ridgeway and Ewart … Continue reading →

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Galloping across the steppes

Posted on May 21, 2014 by twilightbeasts

Around 50 million years ago, long before the Epoch of the Twilight Beasts, a little mammal, Eohippus, scurried about in the forests of North America. This creature, about the size of an average dog, was the ancestor of the magnificent … Continue reading →

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