Whale Evolution
Creationist Mindblocks to Whale Evolution (off site)
The
Whale's Tale (off
site)
Richard Monastersky
New
Fossils Resolve Whale's Origin
(off
site)
B. Harder
The
Origin of Whales and the Power of Independent Evidence
(off
site)
Raymond Sutera
A
Family Tree of Whales (off
site)
J. G. M. "Hans" Thewissen, Ph.D.
Cetacea Evolution
(off
site)
Douglas J. Futuyma
Hooking Leviathan By Its
Past (off site)
Stephen Jay Gould
Ungulates, Whales and Strange Mammals (off site)
AiG and Whale Evolution
Michael Suttkus
Ambulocetus Has No Pelvis and is Largely Incomplete? (off site)
Ambulocetus natans - the walking whale that swims (off site)
CETACEAN EVOLUTION
(off
site)
Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises
Edward T. Babinski
Ambulocetus natans (Whale Series) (off site)
Rodhocetus and Basilosaurus (Whale Series) (off site)
Whale and hippo
'close cousins'
(off
site)
"A water-loving mammal that lived 50 to 60 million years ago was probably the
"missing link"
between whales and hippos"
Hearing clue to
whale evolution (off
site)
"The evolution of whales from four-legged land dwellers into streamlined swimmers
has been traced in fossilised ears"
How whales
learned to swim (off
site)
"Fossils show early whales became
agile swimmers in a mere blink of evolution - about 10 million years"
When
whales walked the land
(off
site)
Fossils of the early
land-based ancestors of whales have been unearthed in Pakistan
New Protocetid Whale from the Middle Eocene of Pakistan: Birth on Land,
Precocial Develpment, and Sexual Dimorphism (off site)
"Discovery of a near-term fetus positioned for head-first delivery provides
important evidence that early protocetid whales gave birth on land."
How ancient whales lost their legs, got sleek and conquered the oceans (off site)
"When ancient whales finally parted company with the last remnants of their legs about 35 million years ago, a relatively sudden genetic event may have crowned an eons-long shrinking process"How Bambi evolved into Moby-Dick (off site)
"A small deer-like animal that evaded predators by hiding underwater may have evolved into today's whales."Research on the Origin and Early Evolution of Whales (Cetacea) (off site)
Philip D. Gingerich
E. C. Case Collegiate Professor of Paleontology
Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
Director, Museum of Paleontology, The University of MichiganWhale Origins! (off site)
J.G.M. Thewissen