A fossilized whale skull, which was discovered near Charleston, reveals all the signs related to echolocation in today's toothed whales. The skull is about 28 million years old, and belonged to what's now the oldest known creature which used echolocation to hunt, the Verge reported. The whale, classified as Cotylocara macei, existed during in the same era when toothed whales and non-toothed whales branched off on the evolutionary tree. That ...Sunday, 16 March 2014
Sonar's Existence Determined by Fossilized Whale Skull
A fossilized whale skull, which was discovered near Charleston, reveals all the signs related to echolocation in today's toothed whales. The skull is about 28 million years old, and belonged to what's now the oldest known creature which used echolocation to hunt, the Verge reported. The whale, classified as Cotylocara macei, existed during in the same era when toothed whales and non-toothed whales branched off on the evolutionary tree. That ...
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