Bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

Bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence

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Navaornis fills a ~70-million-year gap in our knowledge of the evolution of the unique bird brain. Navaornis hestiae (centre) documents a previously unknown intermediate stage in the evolution of the central nervous system between the earliest birds (e.g., Archaeopteryx, left) and living birds (e.g., Tangara seledon, right). Artwork from Júlia d’Oliveira.

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