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Did Whales Evolve From Pigs?
FortKnox writes : "According to this acticle, scientists have found proof that whales evolved from a pig/sheep like creature. Whale evolution has been sketchy for years, but a palentologist has plugged the gaps with some fossils found in Pakistan. It appears Hippos may be the closest relatives to whales."
For billions of years this planet has gone through the motions of energy transfer, and for billions of additional years or sun revolutions the energy that consists of the Earth was nothing more than elements and minerals. However with enough time and radiation from our neighboring stars these complicated minerals converted into a higher frequncy of energy (i.e. living organisms). This converstion or transfer is not as unbelieveable as once thought. The truth of the matter is that this evolution from compound into a "living creature" is nothing more than the normal path of energy tansfer or evolution, the once simple compouds became more complicated in order to retain the natural energy that came before. I site the laws of entropy to back up what I have said. On another note, the only thing that separates a human being from a rock (on the simplist plane of understanding) is that the two objects energies are arranged differently. Both are constucted of energy in the most basic form ,but the complication or the arrangements give the visible diversity so that one can recongnize the diffenence (physically and in our conscious demmension). Moving forward quite a bit, A whale represents all of the past energy transfers that originally began with the LAST big bang. Thus any organism can be traced back to every other organism as long the proper time sequencing is correct. In other words, one lifeform gives rise to many lifeforms but only a few go on to give life to the next generation or next genetic mutations( derived by natural selection, of course). I know you have that deer in the head lights look,but don't fret the answers are coming soon. Finally I believe that the whale with the exception of the dolphin is the most intellegent being on this planet. And I'll tell you why, simply because they don't live under the notion or should I say don't appear to live under the notion that they own the world. Instead they seem to have found a peace which allows them to belong to the world. Unlike some primates I know that feel that they need to control their environment to the point of destoying themselves. NOT REAL INTELLEGENT HUH! I leave you with this thought; Why shouldn't we let go of our insecurities with regard to control and learn how to be part of the world instead of relentlessly trying to own it?????? --GZA-- A.K.A. Proofofwarpdrive or Josh Lundgren