Biology Letters, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 20(12)
Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2024
Our fascination with dinosaur brains and their capabilities essentially began the first discovery. The history of this study is a useful reflection palaeoneurology as whole its relationship to more inclusive evolutionary neuroscience. I argue that imbued high heuristic potential, but one whose realization requires overcoming certain constraints. These constraints include need for stable phylogenetic framework, methods efficient precise endocast construction, fossil researchers who are steeped in neuroscience perspective. progress has already been made these areas sets stage mature palaeoneurology—not only capable being informed by discoveries drives such discoveries. draw from work on size, shape, behavioural correlates developmental role brain outline current advances palaeoneurology. My examples largely taken theropods centre questions related origin birds unique locomotory capabilities. hope, however, exemplify potential other groups, utilizing dinosaur–bird lineage parallel model par mammals studying encephalization.
Язык: Английский