It took early whales a while to fully break free of the land: For at least one species, females came back to shore to give birth, a new study suggests.

Newly described fossils of ancient whales, which include the unprecedented discovery of a pregnant female, were unearthed in the hinterlands of central Pakistan in 2000 and 2004. The findings are providing scientists with new clues about the life, times and even the possible social structure of these enigmatic creatures.

“From what we understand of cetacean evolution, you could predict that a fossil like this would be found,” says Fitzgerald. “I’ve been trying to convince myself that there’s a problem with it, but the evidence is there.” These fossils are the remains of a pregnant female, he adds.

Many such creatures, some of them apparently evolutionary dead ends, appeared in southern Asia during this era. By 30 million years ago, the modern groups of toothed and baleen whales had evolved

The features of this near-complete fossil, especially those of the tail, indicate that Maiacetus didn’t have a fluked tail like modern cetaceans, says Uhen. So, the creature probably dog-paddled its way through the water.

Source: Science News
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For all you believers in God as the creator of the universe around 6 to 7 thousand years ago, please move along, no need to cloud your already illogical view of how our world came into existence.

For those of you who like to hand pick parts of the Bible to follow, which gospels to ignore and those to accept, or those believers who are skeptical of science, please move along too.

You might want to begin refuting all other scientific advances as well. I mean why limit yourself to disbelieving scientific discoveries which refute the Bible and a divine creator? I say you throw away any prescription drugs, tear out your pacemakers, give back the organ transplant, push off the surgery you need and just follow Gods plan for you.

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