Comment on Sexual selection promotes giraffoid head-neck evolution and ecological adaptation

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Hou, Sukuan; Shi, Qinqin; Benton, Michael J.; Solounias, Nikos
• 署名单位: Chinese Academy of Sciences; Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoanthropology, CAS; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS; University of Bristol; New York Institute Technology; American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-14124
• DOI: 10.1126/science.add9559
• 发表日期: 2023-02-17
• 关键词: miocene

摘要

Wang et al. (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.