Dolphins, Fins, and Change

Our guest blogger and student illustrator this week is L. Howard. Download a pdf of this illustration to color!

The arm bones of a dolphin match the arm bones of a human – a case of homology. Dolphin ancestors were once land-dwelling mammals. Even though they look very fish-like today, they still contain remnants of their carnivorous deer-like ancestor in their bones.


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