[y4m4]

Loneliness probably has a new meaning! - 52hz and 2 decades on - a whale trying to communicate has been so lonely in the vastness of sea. It is truly invigorating and unimaginable .. Their 10million years of evolution far greater than the Man himself must be a remarkable insight towards our own evolution. Reading this story i kind of feel moved and touched at a much deeper psychological level than ever ...

[jmmcd]

Their 10million years of evolution far greater than the Man himself

Nah. We've all had exactly the same length of evolution.

[y4m4]

We have had 3.5 - 4 million years. Whales evolved from mammals which went back into 'sea' .

[jmmcd]

I don't know about you, but my ancestors have been evolving for a lot longer than 4 million years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_descent

[y4m4]

if you think Proteins are your common ancestor Yes, btw you don't have to know me to know 'what is correct' :-)

[jmmcd]

I think we have common ancestors with whales a lot more recently than proteins. It doesn't matter: we have common ancestors with them, therefore we've been evolving the same length of time.

> btw you don't have to know me

This is the internet, where no-one knows if you're a non-DNA based lifeform -- as your first comment seemed to suggest.