Evolution: Brainier Birds

Peter J. Makovicky; Sushma Reddy

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.025

Evolution: Brainier Birds

Peter J. Makovicky, Sushma Reddy

Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology

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Abstract

A groundbreaking study of brain evolution across birds and dinosaurs reveals potential drivers of increased brain size including biogeography and ecology. The most dramatic change occurred in the Neoaves after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction rather than earlier in bird evolution.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	R778-R780
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	30
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.025
State	Published - Jul 6 2020

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