Evolutionary theories said giraffes developed their height to get to better eats, but ancestors may have gained the advantage through head-butting battles. By Jack Tamisiea Since the days of Charles ...
When paleontologist Jin Meng uncovered a strange skull in the vast, dry expanse of northern China’s Junggar Basin in 1996, he immediately had a hunch about the favorite activity of the ancient animal ...
A study explores body proportions of Masai giraffes, lending insight into why giraffes have such long necks and how this trait might have evolved. Why do giraffes have such long necks? A study led by ...
Douglas R. Cavener receives funding from Penn State University. 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 ...
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 ...
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