Missing link in evolution of blue whales found

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 12:30 in Biology & Nature

This whale's toothy smile is unlike any other in its group. A newly discovered fossil of one of the oldest baleen whales provides the missing link in the evolution of the giant blue whale's gaping maw.

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