[VadeRetro]

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.

[Nebullis]

Sounds like a couple of heretofore missing links.

A few very important missing links. These are major finds.