Response to comment on "Sexual selection promotes giraffoid head-neck evolution and ecological adaptation".

Wang, Shi-Qi; Meng, Jin; Mennecart, Bastien; Costeur, Loïc; Ye, Jie; Li, Chunxiao; Zhang, Chi; Zhang, Ji et al. · Science · 2023

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Hou <i>et al</i>. challenged the giraffoid affinity of <i>Discokeryx</i> and its ecology and behavior. In our response we reiterate that <i>Discokeryx</i> is a giraffoid that, along with <i>Giraffa</i>, shows extreme evolution of head-neck morphologies that were presumably shaped by selective pressure from sexual competition and marginal environments.

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