Tag: Giraffe

Nikos Solounias, New York Institute of Technology – Giraffe Necks

Feb 26, 2016

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Academic Minute

in Anatomy, Biology

How did giraffes get such long necks? Nikos Solounias, professor of anatomy at the New York Institute of Technology, explains the evolution of this iconic feature. Nikos Solounias is a professor of anatomy at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine. An expert in modern and paleontological ungulate anatomy and biology, he has more than 40 years…