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Fossils of ancient giraffes have been discovered throughout southern and central Europe and Asia. Ancient Giraffe fossils have been found across Asia from China, Thailand, India, Pakistan and across southern Europe from Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey down to Syria and Saudi Arabia. Modern Giraffes migrated to Africa from Saudi Arabia through Ethiopia and dispersed downwards towards Lower Eastern Africa, Central Africa and Southern Africa.
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