From Bears to Whales: A Difficult Transition

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Critics laughed at this, and Darwin removed it from later editions of his book, though he continued privately to believe it. Source
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New Scientist: Ichthyosaurs Evolved “Astonishingly Rapidly”

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This is a case of evolutionary biology trying to explain away the data that otherwise was not directly expected under their model. Source
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