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Scientists Identify Four Species of Giraffes
A genetic study performed by Namibian and German researchers revealed that giraffes do not belong to one species; they can be separated into four.
See also: giraffe, species
On This Day
Discoverer of Tut’s Tomb
In 1873 British archaeologist Howard Carter—who made one of the richest and most celebrated contributions to Egyptology, the discovery (1922) of the largely intact tomb of King Tutankhamen—was born.