As evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin points out, "In one sense, evolution didn't invent anything new with whales. It was just tinkering with land mammals. It's using the old to make the new." ...

Analyzing the anatomy of early fossil cetaceans in the context of modern mammals to understand the evolution of cetaceans from terrestrial ancestors. The evolution of modern cetaceans (including ...

Gingerich was searching for a key bit of the creature's anatomy ... process he has shown that whales, once celebrated by creationists as the best evidence against evolution, may be evolution's ...

Whales’ cranial evolution came in three waves. That’s easier said than done when you’re ... says that one of the study’s most interesting findings is that these three occurrences of rapid changes in ...

Now, the first-ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale has returned some novel insights about their anatomy. “Not only was this tohorā (whale ... Vestigial structures like this are considered ...