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 ...

Like us, giraffes today have seven neck (or cervical) vertebrae. But their C3 or third cervical vertebra – which is nine times longer than it is wide – is about as long as the humerus bone connecting ...

Researchers have discovered clues on how giraffe’s neck evolved. Scientists have long theorized that the long neck of modern-day giraffes evolved to enable them to find more vegetation or to develop a ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the giraffe for the first time DNA explains how the tallest animals on earth developed their long necks Small genetic changes led to development of long neck ...

For the first time, the genomes of the giraffe and its closest living relative, the reclusive okapi of the African rainforest, have been sequenced -- revealing the first clues about the genetic ...

Giraffes have taught generations of students how evolution works. Not directly, of course. Communicating through nocturnal humming is a barrier to classroom instruction. But the modern giraffe – ...

The giraffe's neck as made us reconsider our understanding of how evolution really works. How and why the giraffe's neck emerged in the first place has been a mystery that generations of biologists ...

It’s difficult to know what to make of the giraffe. It shuffles like a camel (right legs forward, then left legs) but runs like a rabbit (hind legs forward, then front legs). Its distinctive aroma ...