Great+White+Shark+Evolution+Debate

**[|Great White Shark Evolution Debate]** May 2, 2005 Recently there as been some debates about where Great White Sharks have evolved from. Some scientists say that the Great Whites have evolved from the prehistoric megalodon shark. That shark is one of the most vicious kinds of sharks that still have some type of ancestors still living. The megalodon only existed from about 2-million to 20-million years ago. Most scientists believe that they were as huge as a greyhound bus and their teeth are about 6 inches long.  The other majority of scientists believe that the Great White Sharks may have evolved from the makko shark. Reasons being that the makko shark has about several hundred teeth, which the Great White mostly compares with. This whole consumption is bases on how many teeth the Great White Shark has compared to the makko and the megalodon sharks. Even though the Great White has the HUGE teeth like the megalodon shark its countless teeth really relates to the makko shark. Hopefully with more research scientists will be able to determine its ancestor.

Marissa King March 15, 2010