The factors in the evolution of any organism are too numerous to list. After all, natural selection guided not just the evolution of the giraffe from its immediate precursors, but also the evolution of those precursors to their precursors, and so on. But if you're asking why the giraffe evolved such a long neck, then there are a number of hypotheses to consider. For instance, the giraffe's neck might have lengthened due to competition over foliage (food) with other grazers. Or it might have lengthened due to sexual selection - potential mates favouring those competitors who might win a headfight with a rival. Or it might have evolved due to the pressure of predation - those giraffes with a longer neck sooner being able to spot a predator. Any of these is possible - and it might be that the giraffe's neck evolved due to a combination of these.
This process is called natural selection. It is the mechanism by which traits that provide a survival or reproductive advantage to an organism become more common in a population over time.
Natural selection can only work on genetic variation that already exists. So mutation comes first, then natural selection.
It hasn't. Natural selection is a key part of the ecosystem itself.
Natural selection is the mechanism primarily responsible for the development of today's biodiversity.
No, natural selection works on that genetic variation presented to it.
Its NaTuRaL sElEcTiOn if you didn't know.
yes elephants have large ears to cool down.
Adaptation does not allow for natural selection: natural selection causes adaptation.
The prefix of natural selection is "natural" and the suffix is "-tion".
Genetic variation in itself does not 'support' natural selection: it is what natural selection acts upon.
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That selection was natural.
Natural selection is what causes adaptation.
No, natural selection is the mechanism that drivesevolution.
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