How did the Giraffe Evolve?

Despite being one of the most iconic animals on earth, few people are familiar with the natural history of the giraffe. Relatively little information about giraffe evolution is available online for the curious laymen. In light of three new publications made in the past few weeks and months I thought that there is no better time to change that. Enjoy! Written, Narrated, and edited by Ethan Cowgill Contact: [email protected] @ethancowgill Art Credits In Order of Appearance 2:57 Ilingoceros by bubblekirby (DeviantArt) http://bubblekirby.deviantart.com/ 3:49 Xenokeryx by Israel M. Sánchez 4:05 Wildlife of the Miocene Era by Mauricio Anton 5:05 Plesiosaur by Dmitry Bogdanov 5:50 Canthumeryx sirtensis by TORIMORRIS http://torimorris.deviantart.com/ 5:56 Bramatherium by WillemSvdMerwe 5:59 Sivatherium from California Academy of Sciences 6:04 Pliocen of africa color by dustdevil http://dustdevil.deviantart.com/ References: Vocalisation in Giraffa camelopardalis http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-050... Palaeomerycidae http://www.donaldprothero.com/files/9... New Palaeomerycid from the Miocene of Spain http://journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... Climacoceratidae https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/22387/ Sexual Dimorphism in Prolibytherium http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10... Evolution of the elongated neck in Giraffa camelopardalis http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.or... All Music From CC of SoundCloud. In Order of Appearance 1. "Three Aimless Clouds" by Michael Ash Sharbaugh 2. "The Blueshift (Kxmode Remix) - Dorris Terrible" 3. "The Lydian Zone (Improv)" by Bret Sinclair All copyrighted footage and images in this video are protected under FAIR USE for reasons of Commentary, Education, Criticism, Parody, and Social Satire. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.