J. G. M. 'Hans' Thewissen, Ph. D. Anatomy Professor at Ohio University, studies fossil cetaceans in order to answer questions about the evolution of whales -- in particular, about how whales originated from land animals.
MARK from Evolution Soup talks to Hans about his early discoveries, fossils of proto-whales that lived partly on land, and the features we can point to in whale anatomy that display the transition from land to water over 50 million years.
Illustrated throughout with artwork from Paleoartists NOBU TAMURA and LUCAS LIMA.
LINK to original fully-illustrated video interview: https://youtu.be/QA9RS6ghwEw
#whales #cetaceans #evolution
LINKS FOR HANS THEWISSEN:
BOOK: The Walking Whales: From Land to Water in Eight Million Years https://is.gd/fe6V7Z
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hansthewissenNEOMED/
YouTube: https://bit.ly/2QIskrU
2019 radio interview when Hans was in Sitka, Alaska, which attempts to link his work in modern and fossil whales:
http://www.sitkanature.org/wordpress/2019/03/17/sitka-nature-show-180-hans-thewissen/
ARTWORK LINKS:
Lucas Lima
https://www.artstation.com/luuucas
Nobu Tamura
https://www.deviantart.com/ntamura
http://spinops.blogspot.com/
Special Thanks To:
Nick Garland & Studio 252MYA (online paleo art resource)
https://252mya.com/
Interviews powered by https://streamyard.com/
#evolutionsoup #evolution #paleo #paleontology #paleoartist #Homosapiens #hominid #artwork #Darwin #cave #bone #fossils #cetaceans #australopithecus #hominin #extinct #animals #science #anthropology #paleoanthropology #genus #species #africa #skull #skulls #naturalselection #whales #paleontology