Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though both giraffes and humans have the same number of individual neck bones (known as vertebrae), the two species also have size ...

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A strange early relative of the giraffe was perfectly adapted for some serious headbutting 17 million years ago, according to new research. The oddball giraffoid didn’t have the signature long neck of ...

A Penn State researcher has been trying to get to the bottom of the age-old question of why giraffes have long necks. Ed Reschke Getty Images Editor’s note: The Focus on Research column highlights ...

A difference of as few as 70 genes led giraffes to distinguish themselves from their closest relative by their long necks, according to new research. Researchers behind the study, published in the ...

Around 15 million years ago, antelope-like animals were roaming the dry grasslands of Africa. There was nothing very special about them, but some of their necks were a bit long. Within a mere 6 ...

It’s 1996 and paleontologist Jin Meng is exploring the Junggar Basin in Xinjiang, China. The valley is nestled between the mountainous borders of Kazakhstan and Mongolia in the northwest. The Basin ...