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Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and snorkeler, Baja California, Mexico

Huge whales may have evolved millions of years earlier than we thought

1 May 2019

It was thought baleen whales suddenly evolved to be massive 2.5 million years ago, but new evidence suggests the change was more gradual and much earlier

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