five-toed

Updated: June 11, 2025

Since the doctrine of evolution and its evidences began to occupy the thoughts of the intellectual world at large, no fossil forms have received more attention than the ancient members of the horse tribe. As we have learned, a modern horse is described by comparative anatomy as a one-toed descendant of remote five-toed ancestors.

Henry Edward Crampton - The Doctrine of Evolution: Its Basis and Its Scope