About the book: 2019 / Man is usually considered the pinnacle of evolution, but the horse may well compete with us for the right to bear this proud title. No animal has such amazing abilities to adapt and survive as the horse. These hardy creatures are not afraid of sudden changes in temperature, hail, frost, heat and snowfall. They are able to live literally everywhere, even in the deserts of Australia and beyond the Arctic Circle in Yakutia. Horse lover and connoisseur, journalist Wendy Williams traces their history back over 56 million years, from Eohippus and Epihippus to Hipparion and the modern horse. “My book is a kind of scientific excursion into the history of the horse as a biological species, as well as an exploration of the connections between and a person. Expeditions and interviews with many scientists around the world, from Mongolia to Galicia, with archaeologists studying prehistoric settlements in France and the Basque Country, with paleontologists working in Wyoming, Germany and even in downtown Los Angeles, revealed to me the history of the shared journey of horses. and people through time, allowed us to explore our biological similarities and differences, and also to think about the future of the horse in a world dominated by humans.” (Wendy Williams)