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New bird brain study shows evolving a big brain depends on having 'good' parents

  • Written by: Szymek Drobniak, DECRA Fellow, UNSW Sydney
New bird brain study shows evolving a big brain depends on having 'good' parentsA hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus).Tristan Barrington/Shutterstock

As owners of some of the biggest brains in the animal kingdom, we humans often assume cognitive performance, task solving and social interactions were the basic ingredients that promoted the evolution of our complex brains.

Our new study, recently published in the...

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