Baleia Pré-Histórica

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Puijila darwini, in fossil form.

The evolutionary story of seals is rewritten by a new fossil from Canada's High Arctic.

This prehistoric animal represents a "missing link"—a branch on an evolutionary tree—between an ancestor that walked on land and today's sea-going seals and their relatives.

The findings are an important scientific breakthrough—and the fossil's discovery is a tale of luck and adventure.

So, dive in and meet the "walking seal" Puijila darwini!