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[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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 :)

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

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.

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