tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710675936371055764.post5393245605303272689..comments2022-03-31T05:03:28.974-07:00Comments on Darwin says "just so...": How Giraffe Got his long NeckDolly Sheriffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18375088475991469281noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710675936371055764.post-67185804757538455842011-10-17T06:27:12.654-07:002011-10-17T06:27:12.654-07:00Actually, I'd say mating advantage/combat is m...Actually, I'd say mating advantage/combat is more likely than the food option, but it's possible that both were at work at the same time. There's no reason why a trait has to only be developed for one purpose, in fact it's much better if it can serve several at the same time. Besides just fighting and eating, a giraffe's long neck gets it a better view to look for predators, water, and food. All significant advantages that explain why longer necks were better than shorter necks. <br /><br />All in all though, while the story suggests that our original assumption about the driving force behind giraffe evolution may have been incorrect, it does not suggest that natural selection didn't occur. In fact that is exactly what it is saying did happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710675936371055764.post-31786481345949254442011-06-05T20:16:08.115-07:002011-06-05T20:16:08.115-07:00this explanation breaks occam's razor. more li...this explanation breaks occam's razor. more likely is that the mating rituals developed as a means of natural selection related to long necks getting more food; it's the advantage of the necks in getting food that make them more advantageous.<br /><br />...like the peacock, who's tail both scares off predators and acts as a mating ritual. the tail attracts mates *because* it serves a useful purpose in survival, not as a means unto itself.dfgkfhlfglfhlahttp://jasonparent.bandcamp.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710675936371055764.post-18571971016186004782011-01-31T09:57:46.135-08:002011-01-31T09:57:46.135-08:00according to your theroy so only males wanted to a...according to your theroy so only males wanted to attract the females so the males with longer necks prevail....ok then why the females also hav long necks...in nature no females fight for the mate....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710675936371055764.post-89698922760023535582010-10-26T03:35:21.697-07:002010-10-26T03:35:21.697-07:00Lamarck states the giraffe necks are long due to s...Lamarck states the giraffe necks are long due to stretching their necks causing the necks to become longer.<br /><br />Applying the darwin theory to giraffes is that giraffes had varied neck sizes and the short necked giraffes were naturally selected against, causing only the long necked giraffed to survive and therefore reproduce. Thus, why we have giraffes with long necks<br /><br />This article is arguing the mechanism drivin the selective advantage as being a mating advantage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710675936371055764.post-51640610922804423992009-03-10T09:25:00.000-07:002009-03-10T09:25:00.000-07:00Seriously... this is typical.Another person that h...Seriously... this is typical.<BR/><BR/>Another person that has no clue how evolution works.<BR/><BR/>The age-old idea that Giraffes got long necks by reaching high up, and passing them down... was not a Darwinian principle. That is lamarckianism, which pre-dates Charles Darwin and his origin of species.<BR/><BR/>Lamarckianism was proven long ago to be wrong. He was right about evolution, he was wrong about how it works.<BR/><BR/>Lamarckianism, which is what this entire thing describes, is not evolution.<BR/><BR/>Congrats on wasting your and everyone else's time by being ignorant. Read a research paper or two in your lifetime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710675936371055764.post-75212589458752550642008-11-29T08:47:00.000-08:002008-11-29T08:47:00.000-08:00why not just have a short muscular neck and bash h...why not just have a short muscular neck and bash heads?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com