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HARUN YAHYA

believed to have lived up to 10 million years after Ambulocetus, possess
the exact same anatomy. In other words, it is a typical whale. No transi-
tional form exists between Ambulocetus, a typical land-dweller, and
Basilosaurus, a typical whale.
There are small bones, independent of the verterbrae, in the lower
spines of both Basilosaurus and sperm whales. Evolutionists claim that
these are “shrunken legs”. In fact though, these bones assisted the
adoption of the mating position in Basilosaurus and support the repro-
ductive organs in today’s sperm whales. 48 To describe parts of the
skeleton that serve an important function as “vestigial” is simply an
evolutionist preconception.
In conclusion, the fact remains that marine mammals emerged
with all their particular features, with no transitional form between
them and land-dwelling mammals. There is no evolutionary chain here
at all. Robert Carroll admits as much, albeit reluctantly and using evo-
lutionist terminology: “It is not possible to identify a sequence of
mesonychids leading directly to whales.” 49 Despite being an evolu-
tionist, the Russian scientist G. A. Mchedlidze—a well-known expert
on the subject of whales—does not agree with Pakicetus, Ambulocetus
natans and similar four-legged creatures being described as possible
whale ancestors. Rather, he identifies them as a completely isolated
group. 50

An Archaeoceti (an ar-
chaic or early whale) skull

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