Study Suggests Whales May Be Related to Hippos

Science - Reuters ^ | Mon Jan 24, 2005 | Anon Science Stringer

[Pharmboy]

Hmmm...at first I thought this was about Michael Moore and Star Jones.

Innaresting nonetheless.

[Pharmboy]

Ping!

[shekkian]

Darwin on Dope

[Charles Henrickson]

Can someone do a side-by-side of Michael More and Rosie O'Bese, and we can see?

No, wait. Not enough bandwidth.

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

I'm trying to decide if Ted Kennedy would be classified as a whale or a hippo. I'd have to go with the hippo. He can go from water to land without suffering any adverse effects and a whale can't.

[benice]

Can't wait to see the pics of Hillary, Thereza, Albright, Kennedy, and all the gang.

[evets]

Must be why they have such Hugh Finns... oops...

[mlbford2]

``I'm trying to decide if Ted Kennedy would be classified as a whale or a hippo. I'd have to go with the hippo. He can go from water to land without suffering any adverse effects and a whale can't.``

True, but, like a whale having to keep its skin moist continuously, Teddy K. has to keep all his tissues soaked in hooch.

[DannyTN]

Common Design not Common Descent

The following article describes just one of many difficulties in evolving from land animals to a whale.

Whale's tail

[onedoug]

The earliest cetacean fossils date back 53 million years while the first hippopotamus fossils date to about 16 million years.

And Reuters can't fill in the gaps?

Gee.

[Getready]

The last statement by the researcher is unnerving...If previous methods of looking at fossil relationships using
teeth, bones, etc are not always good as in this case, then
in what case are they good? Can a paleontologist ever look
at skeletal remains alone and say that it looks like
"organism A is a descendant of organism B"?

What does that type of information do to the myriads of
"trees of life" formerly constructed based on skeletal
remains?

[narby]

the liberals have foolishly opened yet another front, i.e. homosexuality.

I just wonder how Noah got hippos on the Ark.

If you're going to take Genesis litterally, then you've got to swallow the whole shebang.

[js1138]

Common Design not Common Descent ,p>That would make a great defence in a paternity suit. DNA just show common design, not common descent.

[narby]

All they're saying is that DNA is more accurate in classifying Evolutionary relationships.

That's one of the amazing things about Evolution. That the theory originated centuries ago, but that recent DNA studies confirm it, and add to it's precision.

The old method of physical classification of species is still valuable, but nothing is perfect.

[PatrickHenry]

Should I ping the list to this thread? We've already got a lot of threads cooking.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Can someone do a side-by-side of Michael More and Rosie O'Bese, and we can see?

You are evil. And I do not mean that in a good way.

I now must go wash my brain with bleach to remove that image

[VadeRetro]

I'm surprised to hear this isn't old news. We've been over this ground on threads two years ago or more.

[js1138]

Too many pots spoil the cook. Or something.

[F16Fighter]

"Hmmm...at first I thought this was about Michael Moore and Star Jones."

Heh -- good match...

Strangely enough, my first thought was of Michael Moore as well.

[Junior]

Didn't we get into an argument with the Blues Brothers a few years back over this?

Go ahead and ping the list.