Albert Finney, now seventy, has become as fearsome as an ancient whale a massive body, with a gaping mouth, bulging eyes, and a coruscating voice.

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Mr. LEONARD KRISHTALKA (Museum Director): For example, here is a discovery by Gingerich of an ancient whale, its hind leg, and here is the hind leg of the hippopotamus and the structures are very, very similar.

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Korea's, meanwhile, dates back 8-9, 000 years - the oldest documented anywhere on the planet - with ancient rock art showing the unmistakeable coming together of harpoon and whale, and piles of bones testifying to their consumption.

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The pygmy whale's skull most closely resembled that of an ancient family of whales called cetotheres that were thought to have gone extinct around 2 million years ago, the researchers found.

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