Comments on: Primitive Proto-Whales May Have Clambered Ashore to Give Birth http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/primitive-proto-whales-may-have-clambered-ashore-to-give-birth/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:43:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hacksawpeggy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/primitive-proto-whales-may-have-clambered-ashore-to-give-birth/comment-page-1/#comment-547680 Hacksawpeggy Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:43:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/primitive-proto-whales-may-have-clambered-ashore-to-give-birth/#comment-547680 Just curious -- Has anyone tried to extract bone collagen or calcium carbonate fraction of bone bioapatite on an AMS unit and dated both extractions? Just curious — Has anyone tried to extract bone collagen or calcium carbonate fraction of bone bioapatite on an AMS unit and dated both extractions?

]]> By: JUGERNAUGHT http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/primitive-proto-whales-may-have-clambered-ashore-to-give-birth/comment-page-1/#comment-161859 JUGERNAUGHT Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:20:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/primitive-proto-whales-may-have-clambered-ashore-to-give-birth/#comment-161859 There is very hard evidence that these whales live in my drying machine.... AND IN MY STOMACH! There is very hard evidence that these whales live in my drying machine…. AND IN MY STOMACH!

]]> By: Eliza Strickland http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/primitive-proto-whales-may-have-clambered-ashore-to-give-birth/comment-page-1/#comment-18098 Eliza Strickland Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:35:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/primitive-proto-whales-may-have-clambered-ashore-to-give-birth/#comment-18098 Ken -- The genes that code for front legs now produce flippers, and apparently the genes that code for back legs now produce a tiny, internal stub that serves as an anchor for the muscles of the genitalia. So it would take some serious tweaking, but the basics are there! The Wikipedia page on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_cetaceans" rel="nofollow">evolution of cetaceans</a> (the order that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises) is really impressive -- and it has lots of great pictures. Ken — The genes that code for front legs now produce flippers, and apparently the genes that code for back legs now produce a tiny, internal stub that serves as an anchor for the muscles of the genitalia. So it would take some serious tweaking, but the basics are there!

The Wikipedia page on the evolution of cetaceans (the order that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises) is really impressive — and it has lots of great pictures.

]]> By: Ken Erickson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/primitive-proto-whales-may-have-clambered-ashore-to-give-birth/comment-page-1/#comment-18058 Ken Erickson Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:08:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/04/primitive-proto-whales-may-have-clambered-ashore-to-give-birth/#comment-18058 I'm curious...do whales still have the DNA (assuming that's what's required) to grow limbs if appropriately tweaked? I’m curious…do whales still have the DNA (assuming that’s what’s required) to grow limbs if appropriately tweaked?

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