Wonkito is a wild giraffe who lives in Kenya, the cause of his crooked neck is still unknown PHILLIP J BRIGGS / CATERS NEWS In 2019, Philip J. Briggs photographed a wild giraffe with a severely ...

Have you ever wondered how giraffes got their characteristic long necks? We may be a little closer to knowing the answer. For the first time, scientists have sequenced the genomes of the giraffe and ...

Researchers have discovered stages of cervical elongation in the giraffe family, revealing details about the evolutionary transformation of the neck within extinct species of the family. Scientists ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, June 2 (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 ...

Though both giraffes and humans have the same number of individual neck bones (known as vertebrae), the two species also have size and structural differences. Just like humans, giraffes are said to ...

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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 ...

Wonkito is a wild giraffe who lives in Kenya, the cause of his crooked neck is still unknown Wonkito is back, and the wild giraffe is looking stronger than ever. According to Philip J. Briggs, a ...

The age-old question of how the giraffe got its long neck may now be at least partly answered: Long necks were present in giraffe ancestors that lived at least 16 million years ago, a new study finds.