Giraffe with a Short Neck

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Harrison, D. F. N. (1995). The Anatomy and Physiology of the Mammalian Larynx. Cambridge University Press. p.165. ISBN 978-0-521-45321-9. Darwin explains that individuals with characteristics better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and therefore, such traits are inherited. He also said that species that can not compete and adapt eventually become extinct. The newly-named giraffe relative Discokeryx xiezhi (a) lived about 16.9 million years ago. The other animals depicted in this landscape (b-g) are thought to have lived in the Junggar Basin of China around that time, as well. (Image credit: Wang et al., Science (2022)) Built for headbutting