Evolution What the Fossils Say and Why it Matters

FIGURE 14.15. Neck vertebrae of a recently discovered fossil giraffid, Samotherium major, that are intermediate
in length between those of primitive giraffids and the modern long-necked species. This amazing discovery is
a true “missing link” between okapis (bottom) and the long-necked modern species (top). (Drawing courtesy
N. Solounias)