80 million-year-old dinosaur-era fossil bird offers insight into brain evolution
Interestingly, this fossil fills a 70-million-year-long gap in our knowledge between the early bird-like dinosaurs (Archaeopteryx) and modern birds.
Bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence
A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the most enduring mysteries of vertebrate evolution.
Fossil Discovery Sheds Light on Bird Brain Evolution
A unique fossil discovery in Brazil provides new insights into bird brain evolution, while a study highlights drastic population declines in African elephants over the past 50 years. The skull of a bird species,
'One-Of-A-Kind' Skull Fossil From Brazil Reveals Bird Brain Evolution
One-Of-A-Kind' Skull Fossil From Brazil Reveals Bird Brain Evolution By Will Dunham (Reuters) - The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals.
Exquisite bird fossil provides clues to the evolution of avian brains
Palaeontologists have pieced together the brain structure of a bird that lived 80 million years ago named Navaornis hestiae, thanks to a remarkably well-preserved fossil
Small fossil has big implications for bird brain evolution
Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape over millions of years. A new fossil sheds light on that mystery.
Prehistoric ‘bird brain’ fossil reveals evolution of avian intelligence
A bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals the roots of avian intelligence, according to a new study. The "one of a kind" fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved,
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Scientists uncover 80-million-year-old ancient bird's brain structure
"This fossil is truly so one-of-a-kind that I was awestruck from the moment I first saw it to the moment I finished ...
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Skull found in wall of Illinois home belonged to teen who died over 150 years ago: investigators
A skull found in the wall of an Illinois home ... In the 1800s, doctors were desperate to learn more about human anatomy, so they often paid top dollar for fresh corpses on which to perform ...
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A skull was found in a house in 1978. After more than 40 years, they know who she was
So why was the skull in Batavia ... often used by medical students studying anatomy. A student at a medical school in St. Charles was killed by rioters in 1849 after he stole a woman’s ...
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Fossil fills 70-million-year gap in understanding
Dr Guillermo Navalón, the co-lead author of the study, said he was "awestruck" by the "one-of-a-kind" fossil which "lets us ...
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A skull was found in a Batavia house in 1978. After more than 40 years, they know who she was
So why was the skull in Batavia ... often used by medical students studying anatomy. A student at a medical school in St. Charles was killed by rioters in 1849 after he stole a woman’s ...