Throughout the history of mankind, there have always been horses, it's even on ancient cave paintings. Plus, archaeologists have uncovered bones detailing the evolution of horses, showing that horses have been around even longer than humans.
The Last Wild Horse by Morris Weeks (599.6655 PRZ) details the history of of the horse from prehistoric Mongolia to the present.
"The last wild horse" refers to the Prhevalsky horse, a wild horse very seldom seen in the wild in central Asia. Nicolai Prhevalsky was a Russian explorer who discovered this breed in the late 1800s. The horses he found had a large head for the body. It had short, stocky legs and a very muscular body. To survive the harsh winters, it grew a shaggy coat and was so impervious to the cold that he noticed them standing around - even during a blizzard. It molted its hair twice a year.
Now zoos are trying to preserve the animals, and the author discusses how the animals are responding to confinement.
c Waterloo Public Library 2007
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