It's difficult to know what birds "think" when they fly, but scientists in Australia and Canada are getting some remarkable ...

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.

The researchers say their discovery, reported in the journal Nature, could be a sort of ‘Rosetta Stone’ for determining the evolutionary origins of the modern avian brain.

A century ago, physicists laid the foundation of quantum mechanics. Today, with greater control of quantum systems, scientists are making major leaps in ...

In a nutshell Scientists have discovered that birds developed complex brain circuits independently from mammals rather than inheriting them from a common ancestor, challenging long-held beliefs ...

The “one-of-a-kind” fossil of Navaornis hestiae helps fill a giant gap in scientists’ understanding of how bird brains evolved.

Another study characterized cell types in the avian brain, and used computational tools to compare this data with similar data on mammals and reptiles. Birds were found to carry the most inhibitory ...

While comparing neurons and transistors is a convenient metaphor (and not completely out of left field), the brain is ...

Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence multiple times.

Prehistoric Bird Brain May Be a Rosetta Stone for Avian Evolution Learn more about Navaornis hestiae, the bird that could be a missing link to understanding how birds evolved from their prehistoric ...

“A bird with a 10-gram brain is doing pretty much the same as a chimp with a 400-gram brain,” said Onur Güntürkün, who studies brain structures at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. “How is it ...

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.