Posted on December 18, 2015 7:52 am in All Weird

7-Million-Year-Old Fossils Show How the Giraffe Got Its Long Neck (livescience.com)

For years, there has been scant fossil evidence showing how the giraffe evolved to have such an admirably long neck. But now, the remains of a 7-million-year-old creature with a shorter neck provides proof that the giraffe’s iconic feature evolved in stages, lengthening over time, a new study finds.

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