Whales, which live in the water, have hips. These structures are important for carrying the weight of animals that walk on land. Finding this body part in animals that dont walk on land would lead us to predict what finding in the fossil record?
A Hips in ancient animals that always lived in water
B. Land-dwelling animals that dont have hips
C. A form of whale that lacked this structure
D. An ancestor of whales that walked on land
