Erik Seiffert of the University of Southern California, a co-author of the team’s findings published in the review Communications Biology, said the Eocene fossil sites of Egypt’s Western Desert have long been the world’s most important for understanding the early evolution of whales and their transition to a fully aquatic existence.
An Egyptian-led team discovered the extinct whale species Tutcetus rayanensis, offering insights into Africa's ancient seas 41 million years ago, crucial for understanding early whale evolution.
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