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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, ...
Scientists uncover 80-million-year-old ancient bird's brain structure
S cientists uncovered the ancient brain structure of an 80-million-year-old fossil bird named Navaornis hestiae, providing ...
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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 ...
'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 ...
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 ...
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Dinosaur-Era Bird Fills A 70-Million-Year Gap In The Evolution Of Bird Intelligence
An almost perfect intermediate between Archaeopteryxand modern birds has been discovered with its skull preserved in ...
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‘One of a kind’ fossil from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of bird intelligence
The fossil bird, which has been named Navaornis hestiae, lived approximately 80 million years ago in what is now Brazil, ...
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Bird Songs
The vocal skill of birds derive from the unusual structure of their powerful vocal equipment. The syrinx is the sound-producing organ in birds. It is the equivalent of the human sound box.
Fossil From Age of Dinosaurs Reveals New Early Bird Species
Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.