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Describe evidence that supports the hypothesis that whales evolved from land dwelling mammals

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There is a vestigial pelvic bone in whales which makes some people believe that their ancestors walked. Bones in the flippers have the same bones as land mammals arms and birds wings do which indicates divergence from the same ancestors.
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