The research team, made up of scientists from the University of Zurich (Switzerland), the European Synchrotron Radiation ...

"This finding is one-of-a-kind," said University of Cambridge paleontologist Guillermo Navalón, co-lead author of the study ...

Researchers from the University of Montpellier say that breeds with smaller brains respond best to training and have good ...

Interestingly, this fossil fills a 70-million-year-long gap in our knowledge between the early bird-like dinosaurs ...

Researchers managed to digitally reconstruct the brain and inner ear of this starling-sized bird, allowing for the study of its neuroanatomy. The discovery filled a significant gap in avian brain ...

The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...

Navaornis fills a ~70-million-year gap in our knowledge of the evolution of the unique bird brain. Navaornis hestiae (centre) ...

Palaeontologists have pieced together the brain structure of a bird that lived 80 million years ago named Navaornis hestiae, ...

Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth.

Paleontologists have revealed a previously unknown species of early bird following the discovery of a remarkable ...

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...