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800 BCE
What are the first whales called?
They we're called Pakicetus and unlike whales now, they have long skulls and large carnivorous teeth -
800 BCE
How did it go from there?
Unlike Indohyus and Pakicetus who mostly lived a typical land lifestyle, Ambulocetus looked like it lived a very aquatic lifestyle -
Period: 800 BCE to 100 BCE
When did whales evolve and exist?
According to researchers, it evolved 50 million years ago -
Period: 800 BCE to
How they evolved into what they look like now
There are a lot of factors like how their vertebre got longer because of living in the water for so long -
Period: 700 BCE to 500 BCE
Aftermath of the Ambulocetus
Whales that evolved after Ambulocetus are shown that they lived a more aquatic lifestyle than the early whales mentioned because of their high level of saltwater oxygen isotopes
