I suppose truekiwibrow has never heard of radio isotope dating. Or considered that different skeletal similarities may imply different things about the evolution of an organism and its place in the timeline. I suppose he also don't understand the very concept of science if he thinks scientist ever claim to have certain knowledge. Regardless, unless he happens to be an expert in the field he should stop presuming to "KNOW" better than people who have devoted their lives to the subject. Especially when all the information he has on this instance is two paragraphs. This is an exciting discovery because the evolutionary heritage of whales is one of the topics that creationists like to pick on.
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