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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 (Archaeopteryx) and modern birds.

Reuters · 19h

'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 how the avian brain evolved over many millions of years from an ancestral dinosaurian form has long puzzled scientists.

NPR · 19h

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 millions of years. A new fossil sheds light on that mystery.

New Scientist · 19h

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, thanks to a remarkably well-preserved fossil

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7 amazing ways your genes shape your brain size (and why it matters)

Here’s what groundbreaking research reveals about the connection between your genes and brain structure. In a massive ...

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A little more time in school does NOT protect against brain aging

People who spend more time in school are generally healthier, smarter, and have better jobs and higher incomes than those ...

The Brain on Cannabis: Major Changes Linked to Lifetime Use, Causality Uncertain

An extensive study utilizing the UK Biobank explores the impact of lifetime cannabis use on brain structure and function, ...

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Does more education reshape your brain?

Researchers found no long-term brain structure changes from an extra year of compulsory education, challenging theories about ...

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Satellite Data Reveals How Environment Shapes Kids’ Brain Health

A new study links satellite data with brain imaging to reveal how environmental factors like light pollution, green spaces, ...

Does More Schooling Reshape Your Brain? Surprising Findings From a Massive “Natural Experiment”

MRI data reveals no structural brain changes from an extra school year, hinting that education’s benefits may not extend to ...

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Cannabis Linked to Structural and Functional Brain Differences in Older Adults

Specific structural changes were also noted. Cannabis use among older adults is associated with measurable differences in brain structure and function, although these associations are unlikely to be ...

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Extra education does not protect against brain aging: study

Whether prolonged education actually causes changes in brain structure over the long term and protects against brain aging is ...

More learning in youth might not protect aging brain

New findings cast some doubt on the notion that there's a direct link between education and the health of the aging brain.

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An extra year of education does not protect against brain aging

To their surprise, they found no effect on brain structure and no protective benefit of additional education against brain aging. It is well-known that education has many positive effects. People ...

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