Scientists finally think they know why giraffe necks are so long 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. 06/17/2024 - 7:01 am | View Link
New Discovery Challenges Everything We Thought We Knew About Giraffe Necks Giraffe ancestors had shorter necks. Why that changed so drastically over their evolution has stirred a surprising amount of debate since the time of Charles Darwin. While a recent theory suggests ... 06/6/2024 - 12:30 am | View Link
Female giraffes drove the evolution of long giraffe necks in order to feed on the most nutritious leaves, new research suggests To our surprise, we found that adult female giraffes have proportionally longer necks than males, which contradicts the necks-for-sex hypothesis. We also found that adult female giraffes have ... 06/5/2024 - 3:03 am | View Link