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minus-square@angrystegolinkEnglish2•edit-28 months agoDid they? Wiki tells me “that cetaceans are phylogenetically closely related with the even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla)”. So a horse is closer than a cow, but a cow is much closer than a dog. By the way, I like the fact that we’re both angry :)
minus-square@AngryCommieKenderlinkEnglish1•8 months agoIt depends on what you want to call pakicetus, I think it looks kinda dog like. https://evolution.berkeley.edu/what-are-evograms/the-evolution-of-whales/ The DNA may tell an entirely different story.
minus-square@angrystegolinkEnglish2•8 months agoPakicetus looks really cute in this reconstruction! I’ve always seen the species pictured looking as a kind of a big rat. This is so much better.
Did they? Wiki tells me “that cetaceans are phylogenetically closely related with the even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla)”. So a horse is closer than a cow, but a cow is much closer than a dog. By the way, I like the fact that we’re both angry :)
It depends on what you want to call pakicetus, I think it looks kinda dog like.
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/what-are-evograms/the-evolution-of-whales/
The DNA may tell an entirely different story.
Pakicetus looks really cute in this reconstruction! I’ve always seen the species pictured looking as a kind of a big rat. This is so much better.