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Can you please help me answer this question? Thank you.
Review the abstract from the provided Nummela et al. 2004 reading. Which of the following is
the best description of the topic given in the abstract? (copy of the abstract below:) "The origin
of whales (order Cetacea) is one of the best-documented examples of macroevolutionary change
in vertebrates. As the earliest whales became obligately marine, all of their organ systems
adapted to the new environment. The fossil record indicates that this evolutionary transition took
less than 15 million years, and that different organ systems followed different evolutionary
trajectories. Here we document the evolutionary changes that took place in the sound
transmission mechanism of the outer and middle ear in early whales. Sound transmission
mechanisms change early on in whale evolution and pass through a stage (in pakicetids) in which
hearing in both air and water is unsophisticated. This intermediate stage is soon abandoned and is
replaced (in remingtonocetids and protocetids) by a sound transmission mechanism similar to
that in modern toothed whales. The mechanism of these fossil whales lacks sophistication, and
still retains some of the key elements that land mammals use to hear airborne sound."
Mechanisms of sound transmission in whales Sound transmission in aquatic vertebrates
Macroevolution of sensory structures The outer and middle ear in early whales

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Can you please help me answer this question- Thank you- Review the abs.docx

  • 1. Can you please help me answer this question? Thank you. Review the abstract from the provided Nummela et al. 2004 reading. Which of the following is the best description of the topic given in the abstract? (copy of the abstract below:) "The origin of whales (order Cetacea) is one of the best-documented examples of macroevolutionary change in vertebrates. As the earliest whales became obligately marine, all of their organ systems adapted to the new environment. The fossil record indicates that this evolutionary transition took less than 15 million years, and that different organ systems followed different evolutionary trajectories. Here we document the evolutionary changes that took place in the sound transmission mechanism of the outer and middle ear in early whales. Sound transmission mechanisms change early on in whale evolution and pass through a stage (in pakicetids) in which hearing in both air and water is unsophisticated. This intermediate stage is soon abandoned and is replaced (in remingtonocetids and protocetids) by a sound transmission mechanism similar to that in modern toothed whales. The mechanism of these fossil whales lacks sophistication, and still retains some of the key elements that land mammals use to hear airborne sound." Mechanisms of sound transmission in whales Sound transmission in aquatic vertebrates Macroevolution of sensory structures The outer and middle ear in early whales