The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But how the avian brain evolved over many millions of years from an ancestral dinosaurian form has long puzzled scientists. That has now changed thanks to a spectacular fossil discovery in Brazil.



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'One-of-a-kind' skull fossil from Brazil reveals bird brain evolution

The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But how the avian brain evolved over many millions of years from an ancestral dinosaurian form has long puzzled scientists. That has now changed thanks to a spectacular fossil discovery in Brazil.

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The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But how the avian brain evolved over many millions of years from an ancestral dinosaurian form has long puzzled scientists. That has now changed thanks to a spectacular fossil discovery in Brazi

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How the avian brain evolved over many millions of years from an ancestral dinosaurian form has long puzzled scientists, but that has now changed thanks to a spectacular fossil discovery in Brazil.

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'One of a kind' fossil reveals evolution of bird brains

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‘One-of-a-kind’ skull fossil from Brazil reveals bird brain evolution

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

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"One-of-a-kind" fossil from age of dinosaurs reveals new early bird species

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.

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Small fossil has big implications for bird brain evolution

A &lsquo;one of a kind&rsquo; 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.

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

By Will Dunham (Reuters) –     The brains of today’s birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But how the avian brain evolved over many millions of years from an ancestral dinosaurian form has long puzzled scientists. That has now changed thanks to a spectacular fossil discovery in Brazil. Researchers unearthed the skull of a previously unknown starling-sized bird species named Navaornis he…

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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.

'One-of-a-kind' skull fossil from Brazil reveals bird brain evolution

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