Summary Of How Giraffes Became Winner By Brian Switek

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Brian Switek, the author of How Giraffes Became Winner by a neck, writes about the evolution of the giraffe and its neck length. The article starts off by explaining the theories of Darwin and Wallace compared to Lamarck. In most textbook cases, Darwin and Wallace are correct, since textbooks usually only show the modern giraffe, Giraffa Camelopardalis, but in this situation, Lamarck’s theory is more correct. The example of the question would be, picture a proto giraffe looking up in a tree for some leaves to eat. Someone who believes in Lamarck's theory would think that the proto giraffe would stretch its neck and over time develop a longer neck with its offspring. Somebody who believed in Darwin’s theory would say that proro giraffes vary

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