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codrcodz
on Oct 20, 2019
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A Remarkable Case of External Hind Limbs in a Hump...
Yup. Unlike most sea creatures, the ancestors of whales used to live on land.
More info:
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evograms_0...
madengr
on Oct 21, 2019
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IIRC from reading Dawkins books, hippos are more closely related to whales than to any land animal.
mkl
on Oct 21, 2019
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Yes, but their last common ancestor was not much like either. Lots about the sequence of changes seems to be established now:
http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/the-evolution-of-whale...
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More info: https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evograms_0...