Comment on "Sexual selection promotes giraffoid head-neck evolution and ecological adaptation".
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Abstract
Wang <i>et al</i>. (Research Articles, 3 June 2022, eabl8316) reported an early Miocene giraffoid that exhibited fierce head-butting behavior and concluded that sexual selection promoted head-neck evolution in giraffoids. However, we argue that this ruminant is not a giraffoid and thus that the hypothesis that sexual selection promoted giraffoid head-neck evolution is not sufficiently supported.
Medical subject headings
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Sexual Selection
- Giraffes
- Biological Evolution