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Scientists cannot (i) _____date when whales evolved to feed using baleen, a filtering structure used to (ii) _____prey from seawater. Because it is made of keratin, a protein, baleen rarely fossilizes, and the carbon-dating of any fossils found does not conclusively prove age. However, some researchers have attempted to date the modification by (iii) _____baleen-related skull modifications and formations of the jaw.

Blank(i)Blank(ii)Blank(iii)
A germanely D sieve G hypothesizing
B definitively E consume H assaying
C cogently F locate I validating

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