Why horses shrank to the size of housecats

Friday, February 24, 2012 - 13:30 in Earth & Climate

An ancient global warming event shrunk the earliest horses down to the size of scrawny housecats, according to new research that could have implications for what mammals might look like in a future warming world.

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