A recent research revealed a remarkable story of whale evolution—how these magnificent marine mammals transitioned from land-dwelling creatures to ocean rulers through three distinct and rapid ...

In the process he has shown that whales, once celebrated by creationists as the best evidence against evolution, may be evolution's most elegant proof. "Complete specimens like that Basilosaurus ...

As evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin points out, "In one sense, evolution didn't invent anything new with whales. It was just tinkering with land mammals. It's using the old to make the new." ...

The evolution of modern cetaceans (including whales, dolphins, and porpoises) from terrestrial ancestors required many drastic anatomical, physiological, and behavioral changes. The development of an ...

For several years now, Coombs has been studying whale skull peculiarities—such as the structure’s unusual asymmetry in some species—and their implications for cetacean evolution. She first started ...

New research reignites debate over the size of this extinct giant, also suggesting it looked unlike a great white ...

Because the scant fossil evidence failed to suggest terrestrial ancestry, whale evolution became a pet subject of creationists. The past two decades have changed all that, and whale evolution now is ...

A reconstruction of the fossil whale Kutchicetus, which lived about 45 million years ago in India, is behind him. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

Follow their extraordinary journey from shore to sea. Although whales are expert swimmers and perfectly adapted to life underwater, these marine mammals once walked on four legs. Their land-dwelling ...

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