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To: VadeRetro, AndrewC
Whale Fossils Show Link To Cows
4 posted on 09/19/2001 3:52:19 PM PDT by Nebullis
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To: Nebullis
Whale Fossils Show Link To Cows

This is news?

Anyone who's been in a bar after 1AM can tell you that whales and cows share a common heritage...

5 posted on 09/19/2001 4:43:51 PM PDT by fire_eye
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The key factor in both papers is that the fossil animals' ear cavities have specific formations that link them to whales, while they also have legs and a distinctive ankle structure similar to other artiodactyls.

Sounds like a couple of heretofore missing links. In other words, as the fossil and molecular evidence trails flesh out, perceived conflicts based upon incomplete data tend to be resolved.

So the good news for the C side is they can crow that all that old stuff about whales descending from mesonychid carnivores is unlikely. Science has had to change its story again.

The bad news for the Cs is there's fossil evidence for the alternate hypothesis and it's still evolution.

6 posted on 09/19/2001 5:41:35 PM PDT by VadeRetro
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To: Nebullis
Whale Fossils Show Link To Cows

Thank you for the link. I have no comment as the topic has been "proved" to my satisfaction by the DNA evidence and "old bones" considered in isolation are very likely to lead one astray.

11 posted on 09/19/2001 8:39:36 PM PDT by AndrewC
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Researchers Focus on Histone Code

Histones, the proteins around which DNA coils to form chromatin, are moving toward the forefront of epigenetic research (see also, "The Meaning of Epigenetics"). A recently floated hypothesis states that the highly modifiable amino termini, or tails, of these proteins could carry their own combinatorial codes or signatures to help control phenotype, and that parts of this code may be heritable. ...

What do you think about this?

12 posted on 09/19/2001 8:43:18 PM PDT by AndrewC
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