Bird brain comparison graphic (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Bird brain comparison graphic

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The ancestors of living birds had a brain shape much different from other dinosaurs (including other early birds). This suggests that brain differences may have affected survival during the mass extinction that wiped out all nonavian dinosaurs.

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Christopher Torres / The University of Texas at Austin

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