WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fossils unearthed in China of a forerunner of the modern giraffe are offering insight into the early evolution of this mammal's trademark long neck, driven not only by the ...

Everything in biology ultimately boils down to food and sex. To survive as an individual you need food. To survive as a species you need sex. Not surprisingly then, the age-old question of why ...

Giraffes have the longest necks of any living animal today, but scientists debated why for over a century. A new study may finally have the answer.

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This research contributes to understanding how the giraffe's long neck evolved as well as to understanding the extensive integration of courtship struggles and feeding pressure. In fact, the neck size ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Giraffe Evolution Long neck, camel-like shape, leopard-like coloring and horn-like ossicones don’t come out of nowhere: giraffes are naturally bizarre. What ...

You might recall from high school biology a scientist by the name of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. He proposed a mechanism of evolution in which organisms pass on traits acquired during their lifetimes to ...

CNN — A strange early relative of the giraffe was perfectly adapted for some serious headbutting 17 million years ago, according to new research. The oddball giraffoid didn't have the signature long ...

MR. CHAPMAN PINCHER puts forward 1 an interesting theory regarding the evolution of the giraffe ; but I do not see that it is any more convincing than that of Darwin's.