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Not elder law: whale-camel-mousedeer link in fossil record

The whale is descended from a deer-like animal that lived 48 million years ago, according to fossil evidence.Remains found in the Kashmir region of India suggest thefox-sized mammal is the long-sought land-based ancestor of whales,dolphins and porpoises.Research in Nature suggests the animal lived mainly on land but dived into water to escape predators.Whales are known to be descended from land-dwellers but the “missing link” has been a mystery until now.Although Indonyus, as it is known, looks nothing like the whales of today, it shares certain anatomical features.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7150627.stm

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