Early apes and earlier whales

Two interesting posts out there in the world of blogs today.

First, from Afarensis we have a review of The Ape in the Tree (Alan Walker and Pat Shipman), a new book about the Miocene ape called Proconsul.

And from Olduvai George, who after an absence of several months has recently rejoined the blogosphere (huzzah!), we have this post about Pakicetus, the coyote-sized Eocene "walking whale." And a hint at more to come....