Comments on: Whales Had Legs Until 40 Million Years Ago, Fossils Show

By: kelsey

kelsey — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:12:30 +0000

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHA, wikipedia is your source?
wtf.
that website is is not legit.

By: Eliza Strickland

Eliza Strickland — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:05:58 +0000

@ Arthur Walker: Wikipedia actually has a really good page on whale evolution. While their whole family tree hasn’t been definitively settled on, researchers think that whales evolved from hoofed animals. And they believe that the earliest hoofed mammals were at least partly carnivorous or scavengers, because of the sharp, pointy teeth found in their fossils.

@ Ashlee: Not sure what you’re asking. I’m simply reporting on the research done by these paleontologists, which was published in a peer-reviewed journal.

@ Austin: Not sure what you’re on about, either. It’s quite clear that whales evolved from land mammals that had back legs and a slender tail. Maybe there’s some confusion regarding the word “flukes,” which researchers use to describe the two lobes that make up what is commonly thought of as the tail of a modern whale.

By: Austin

Austin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:45:13 +0000

The dumbest article I have ever seen. Those evolved flukes are use in reproduction. 50 positive non leathal mutations would need to take place. This is not science.

By: Austin

Austin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:44:38 +0000

The dumbest article I have ever seen. Those evolved flukes are use in reproduction. 50 positive no leathal mutations would need to take place. This is not science.

By: Ashlee McLean

Ashlee McLean — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:09:16 +0000

How do you know your research is correct?

By: Arthur Walker

Arthur Walker — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:17:09 +0000

Still confused. Did Whales evolve from hofed animals or land carnivours?
Has any one come up with an evolutionary tree?
Artie Walker