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Whale evolution

Inferno

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I agree with nemesis.

I will deal with the specific question later, suffice it to say that I don't quite trust the article yet. For example, the author wrote "amphibian" when he meant "amphibious", which is quite a difference. I also can't find a proper report on this yet, except something by the scientist quoted on sauropods, but I'll have to check how much of an error, if any, msnbc made.
 

Inferno

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Well, this is all very strange. Except for popular news sources, I can't find a single mention of this find anywhere. I can find a few posts over at the creationists camp, most notably one at uncommon descent. What I can't find however is any biologist blogger talking about it, any reputable scientific paper talking about it nor any disreputable scientific paper talking about it. I'm not saying it's a hoax, I'm just saying that what I'm about to write may be completely wrong, simply because I don't have enough information on the subject.


Again, not sure about this so take the above with a mountain of salt. We'll have to wait for Marcelo Reguero's report on the issue.
[showmore=Further sources]Erich M. G. Fitzgerald, Archaeocete-like jaws in a baleen whale, Biol Lett 2011 : rsbl.2011.0690v1-rsbl20110690.
An Introduction to Cetacea - UMPC Berkley
The evolution of whales - Evolution Berkley
Enchanted Learning - Whale Evolution[/showmore]
 
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