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Turns Out Giraffes Aren’t One Species—They’re Actually Four (www.vice.com)

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[–] MoreZombies@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Could it be that we had to confirm the results? Your quote suggests that it was open to more research at that point, while the article says after a decade of research it is now official.

It's interesting to have more insight to the process - an important reminder that these things don't happen overnight.

[–] memfree@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago

You are absolutely correct. It took time for the evidence to be reviewed, accepted, and for the new consensus to be codified. Mostly, I wanted to let folks know the headline was a bit click-baity and give some examples of how we got here. I wish we were wired to get the same excitement from titles like, "Zoologists agree: Giraffe are four species -- not just one!" with an article that gives more credit to all the research.