Evolutionary origins of the avian brain

Nature64.80
Volume: 501, Issue: 7465, Pages: 93 - 96
Published: Sep 5, 2013
Abstract
Features that were once considered exclusive to modern birds, such as feathers and a furcula, are now known to have first appeared in non-avian dinosaurs. However, relatively little is known of the early evolutionary history of the hyperinflated brain that distinguishes birds from other living reptiles and provides the important neurological capablities required by flight. Here we use high-resolution computed tomography to estimate and compare...
Paper Details
Title
Evolutionary origins of the avian brain
Published Date
Sep 5, 2013
Journal
Volume
501
Issue
7465
Pages
93 - 96
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