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The Walking Whales: From Land to Water in Eight Million Years
J. G. M. "Hans" Thewissen
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| #577472 in Books | imusti | 2014-11-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.80 x6.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 256 pages | University of California Press||34 of 34 people found the following review helpful.| A good place to start your exploration of whale ancestors.|By eagseags|Before the mid-1990's, the evolutionary origin of whales was pretty much a complete mystery. Some primitive whales like Basilosaurus and Dorudon were known from the Late Eocene, but these are very much closer to modern whales than to any land mammal (although they still retained tiny external hind limbs).||
"There is an immediacy to Thewissen’s writing and an urgency to the excavations, and readers curious about paleontological fieldwork will appreciate the enthusiasm and specificity with which he approaches his subject matter. . . . The whale’s
Hans Thewissen, a leading researcher in the field of whale paleontology and anatomy, gives a sweeping first-person account of the discoveries that brought to light the early fossil record of whales. As evidenced in the record, whales evolved from herbivorous forest-dwelling ancestors that resembled tiny deer to carnivorous monsters stalking lakes and rivers and to serpentlike denizens of the coast.
Thewissen reports on his discoveries in the wilds of India...
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