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1. Leonardo De Vinci
He was the first to classify correctly interpret fossils as
being from animals that lived in a previous age. He have classified
some of the fossils as remains of sea shells. He found various
petrified sea shells from mountains nearby. He interpreted these to
be fossils from different era. He is also considered as the father
of body fossils and ichnology.
2. Hippopotamus
According to recent studies with phylogeny tree and molecular
data, the whales are more related to artiodactyls group. These are
group of animals which have hoofs. The whales and hippos have
originated from a common ancestor around 50 million years ago. They
show some similarities like no hairs in the body and also no sweat
glands.
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