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  • Scientists discover new species of prehistoric four-legged whale in Egypt

    08/26/2021 3:49:20 PM PDT · by blueplum · 13 replies
    New York Daily News ^ | 26 August 2021 | BRANDON SAPIENZA
    Scientists in Egypt made the jaw-dropping discovery of a new species of whale, unique for its four legs. The fossil of the amphibious Phiomicetus anubis was discovered in Egypt’s Western Desert and dates back 43 million years. Researchers gave the prehistoric animal its name based on the resemblance the whale shows to the ancient Egyptian jackal-headed god of the dead... ...Researchers added that the modern whales that we know of today are descendants of deer-like mammals that lived on land for 10 million years, according to BBC News..