Episode 48 - Diversity of mammals Part 1 - Whales

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The Bible and Science Episode 47 - Did reptiles evolve into mammals? - Part 4

For a wonderful video of the intricacies of how mammalian hearing works, copy the following link and paste it into your browser.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JE8WduJKV4

Biological considerations making it virtuallty impossible for reptiles to evolve into mammals.

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