[AndrewC]

I'll state for the record: I don't have an answer for your concerns regarding whale evolution. Of course, that doesn't mean there isn't an explanation. Just that I don't know it.

Of course there is an explanation. You just won't admit it. The answer is --- the Pakicetus is not the ancestor of the whale. But the implications of that put into jeopardy much of what has been touted as prima facie evidence of Darwinian evolution.

[Condorman]

Of course there is an explanation. You just won't admit it. The answer is --- the Pakicetus is not the ancestor of the whale.

Could be. When dealing with prehistoric animals, new fossils and evidence may indicate minor alterations to the current theoretical lines of descent. Scientific theories are often subject to revision. Newton to Einstein to Hawking and all that.

Now, while you've been focusing on minutia, the larger question is, so what?

[Junior]

How can a revision of the lineage of a single group of animals spell the death of evolution? Horse evolution underwent a similar revision, with the results supporting evolution. I'm certain that when whale descent finally shakes itself out the results will be similar.