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Common Ancestor Identified – Researchers Decode the Ancient Origins of Horns, Antlers, and Ossicones


A genomic study supports the hypothesis that the evolution of ruminant horns and antlers was not independent. From the small ossicones on a giraffe to the gigantic antlers of a male moose—which can grow as wide as a car—the headgear of ruminant hooved mammals is extremely diverse, and new research

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