Practice Book For Conceptual Integrated Science
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Author: Paul G. Hewitt, Suzanne A Lyons, John A. Suchocki, Jennifer Yeh
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Chapter 17, Problem 87TE
This photo shows the leg bone of fossil
Horse (left) next to the leg bone of a modern
Horse (right). What do these fossils
tell us about horse evolution?
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Practice Book For Conceptual Integrated Science
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