The millions of years that led to the modernday assemblage of whale, dolphin, and porpoise species encapsulates a truly incredible period of mammalian evolution. In this video, we will be reviewing what is currently known about the evolutionary history of Cetacea, as well as examining the relationships this clade has to other, closely related mammals.

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