LEADER 03937nam 2200493z- 450 001 9910557662603321 005 20231214133655.0 035 $a(CKB)5400000000044880 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/73707 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000044880 100 $a20202111d2020 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aExamining Evolutionary Trends in Equus and Its Close Relatives From Five Continents 210 $cFrontiers Media SA$d2020 215 $a1 electronic resource (243 p.) 311 $a2-88963-555-4 330 $aEvolution of the horse has been an often-cited primary example of evolution, as well as one of the classic and important stories in paleontology for over a century and a half, due to their rich fossil record across 5 continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. The recent horse has served a profound role in human ancestry, including agriculture, commerce, sport, transport, warfare, and in prehistory, for the subsistence of humans. Many studies have examined the evolution of the Equidae and chronicled the striking changes in skulls, dentition, limbs, and body size which have long been perceived to be a response to environmental shifts through time. Most comprehensive studies heretofore have: (1) focused on the ?Great Transformation?- changes that occurred in the early Miocene, (2) involved tracking long-term diversity or paleoecological trends on a single continent or within a geographical locality, or (3) concentrated on the 3-toed hipparions. The Plio?Pleistocene evolutionary stage of horse evolution is punctuated by the great climatic fluctuations of the Quaternary beginning 2.6 Ma which influenced Equus evolution, biogeographic dispersion and adaptation on a nearly global scale. The evolutionary biology of Equus evolution across its entire range remains relatively poorly understood and often highly controversial. Some of this lack of understanding is due to assumptions that have arisen because of the relatively derived craniodental and postcranial anatomy of Equus and its close relatives which has seemed to imply that that these forms occupied relatively homogenous and narrow dietary and locomotor niches - notions that have not been adequately addressed and rigorously tested. Other challenges have revolved around teasing apart environmentally-driven adaptation versus phylogenetically defined morphological change. Geochronologic age control of localities, geographic provinces and continents has improved, but in no way is absolute and can be reexamined in our proposed volume. Temporal resolution for paleodietary, paleohabitat and paleoecological interpretations are also challenging for understanding the evolution of Equus. Our proposed volume attempts to assemble a group of experts who will address multiple dimensions of Equus? evolution in time and space. 606 $aScience: general issues$2bicssc 606 $aEcological science, the Biosphere$2bicssc 610 $aEcomorphology 610 $aEquus 610 $aPaleoecology 610 $aTaxonomy 610 $aBiogeography 615 7$aScience: general issues 615 7$aEcological science, the Biosphere 700 $aLouis Bernor$b Raymond$4edt$01314789 702 $aMarie Semprebon$b Gina$4edt 702 $aRivals$b Florent$4edt 702 $aSantos Avilla$b Leonardo$4edt 702 $aScott$b Eric$4edt 702 $aLouis Bernor$b Raymond$4oth 702 $aMarie Semprebon$b Gina$4oth 702 $aRivals$b Florent$4oth 702 $aSantos Avilla$b Leonardo$4oth 702 $aScott$b Eric$4oth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910557662603321 996 $aExamining Evolutionary Trends in Equus and Its Close Relatives From Five Continents$93031968 997 $aUNINA