Analyses of the remains showed that Romaleodelphis pollerspoecki belongs to the group of toothed whales but differs ...

Thanks in large part to Philip Gingerich, the fossil record of whales now offers one of the most stunning demonstrations of Darwinian evolution rather than a refutation of it. Ironically ...

But the important thing is that each fossil whale shares new ... "In one sense, evolution didn't invent anything new with whales. It was just tinkering with land mammals. It's using the old ...

The new findings underscore the vital importance of the Australian and wider Southern Hemisphere fossil record for piecing together the global picture of whale evolution. The previous ruling ...

Understanding human evolution through the study of whale evolution Brief definition and history of mammals How did land-based mammals return to the sea? Fossils from "transitional species" trace ...

where fossils have been found. The latest discovery suggests early whales managed to swim there from South America. "Whales are this iconic example of evolution," Travis Park, an ancient whale ...

South west of Cairo, deep in Egypt’s Western Desert, there lie treasures even more ancient than the pharaohs’ tombs — and ...

scientists have had to rely on inferences from fossils and studies of fetal-whale development in the womb to piece together clues about how baleen evolved. "When we talk about whale evolution ...

The group includes the more famous animals such as whale sharks and great whites, but also all rays, skates and the little-known chimaeras (also known as ratfish, rabbit fish or ghost sharks). While ...

Photograph by Bella Falk Fossil ... evidence that whales did once live on land and gave up their terrestrial lifestyles to return to the ocean. “It’s like being able to see evolution with ...