Yay For Whale Ancestors!
Before Ambulocetus, before Pakicetus, there was Indohyus.
This is very exciting news for me. Hans Thewissen, who described Ambulocetus, has recently described a deer-like animal called Indohyus, an ancient relative of cetaceans. Carl Zimmer wrote about it yesterday, and Pharyngula wrote about it today, and included pictures of the actual skull! This is the best day of my life!
Just imagine, had it not been for this little animal, there would be no Beluga Calf Christmas song!
Stumble it!
November 26th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
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