Researchers discover clues on how giraffe neck evolved
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 08:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists have long theorized that the long neck of modern-day giraffes evolved to enable them to find more vegetation or to develop a specialized method of fighting. A new study of fossil cervical vertebrae reveals the evolution likely occurred in several stages as one of the animal’s neck vertebrae stretched first toward the head and […]