Photo: Whales Evolved From Tiny Deerlike Mammals, Study Says

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Two Indohyus—ancient hoofed mammals that lived 48 million years ago—stand by the water's edge in what is now India in an artist's reconstruction.

The tiny deerlike creatures are the long-sought "missing link" in the history of whale evolution, suggests a new study of Indohyus fossils.

Picture by Jacqueline Dillard

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