Modern bird brains reveal evolutionary history of flight, dating back to the dinosaurs

Modern bird brains reveal evolutionary history of flight, dating back to the dinosaurs
Johns Hopkins Medicine and University Communications Today Birds’ cerebellums fire up in flight and relies on neural pathways that started to grow and evolve before they ever took wing – back when they were dinosaurs. Evolutionary biologists report they have combined PET scans of modern pigeons along with studies of dinosaur fossils to help answer […]





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