St Brendan’s Island
The legend of travelling monk, St Brendan was well known in the High Middle Ages: He set off, with followers, from Ireland in 512 for the Land of Promise. On …
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The earliest whalers
Humans have engaged in whaling since prehistoric times. Early depictions of whaling at the Neolithic Bangudae site in Korea, unearthed by researchers from Kyungpook National University, may date back to …
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Whales emerge in the Eocene
Cetaceans are thought to have evolved during the Eocene or earlier, sharing a closest common ancestor with hippopotamuses. Being mammals, they surface to breathe air; they have 5 finger bones …
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Whales return to the sea…
Early whales, living on land, begin to return to water. Whales moved freely between land and sea. Indeed, the earliest known whales, which date back as far as 50 million …
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