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The Hippo's Missing Link

Posted by michael on from the facts-to-impress-your-children-with dept.

hende_jman writes "Working with French Colleagues, Jean-Renaud Boisserie, a post-doc fellow at UC Berkeley, found fossil and molecular evidence that points to a close relationship between the hippopotamus and aquatic mammals. The hippo's evolution has been a contentious issue in biology and through history it has been associated with many animals such as horses and pigs."

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  1. Congress with beasts... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    been associated with many animals such as horses and pigs.

    Yeh, there was a time in college when that was okay.

  2. Yes, but that doesn't answer the modern question by hey! · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are they allowed on the Atkins?

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  3. What? by Pan+T.+Hose · · Score: 3, Funny

    The hippies are the missing link? I knew it!

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