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'Picture This #14′ Polymelus, Museum of Zoology

All British thoroughbred racehorses, including Polymelus, are descended from three stallions - the Darley Arabian, the Godolphin Arabian and the Byerley Turk.

'Picture This #11' – Horses’ teeth, Whipple Museum

The models demonstrate the appearance of horses' teeth at different ages, the effects of wind sucking and crib biting.

‘Extreme Sleepover #12' - an equestrian adventure on the Mongolian steppes

In the final report of the Extreme Sleepover series, undergraduate Robin Irvine explains how a fascination for the relationships between humans, horses and dogs took him to the Mongolian steppes.

Re-thinking the past, present and future

Understanding our biological past is a tricky business. It’s like trying to build a jigsaw puzzle when most of the pieces are missing. However, bioarchaeologists at the University of Cambridge are doing just that through the study of human-environment interactions within a historic and prehistoric framework, often with surprising results.