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Fur seals and sea lions have similar anatomy. They probably have a common ancestor.

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It's long been assumed that marine mammals in the pinniped group – seals, sea lions and walrus – evolved from a land-based common ancestor, but until now, no definitive fossil evidence had materialized.
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