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'This programme was filmed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York where there is a famous collection of fossil horses. Another location was Messel, near Darmstadt, in Germany, and at... the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt where small Eocene horse fossils have been found and studied respectively. The programme examines the evolution of features we see in the modern survivor... equus - as a result of adaptation to changing climate and environment. It also examines in detail the anatomical changes which led to the horses' ability to run fast and jump well, but this subject is treated very differently from the old outmoded idea of orthogenesis. Instead, a simple introduction is given to modern cladistic analysis, from which we take our current ideas about the evolution of the horse.'
'This programme was filmed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York where there is a famous collection of fossil horses. Another location was Messel, near Darmstadt, in Germany, and at... the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt where small Eocene horse fossils have been found and studied respectively. The programme examines the evolution of features we see in the modern survivor... equus - as a result of adaptation to changing climate and environment. It also examines in detail the anatomical changes which led to the horses' ability to run fast and jump well, but this subject is treated very differently from the old outmoded idea of orthogenesis. Instead, a simple introduction is given to modern cladistic analysis, from which we take our current ideas about the evolution of the horse.'
| Module code and title: | S365, Evolution |
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| Item code: | S365; 05; US version |
| First transmission date: | 1992 |
| Published: | 1992 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:24:10 |
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| Producer: | David Jackson |
| Contributors: | Jens Franzen; Peter Skelton |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | American Museum of Natural History; Eocene horse; Eohippus; Fossil Horses; Mesohippus; Senckenberg Museum |
| Subject terms: | Horses--Evolution |
| Master spool number: | HOU6616 |
| Production number: | FOUS600J |
| Available to public: | no |
