Researchers from the Charles University in Prague reconstructed the evolution of brain neuron numbers in amniotes and revealed that mammals and birds have dramatically increased neuron numbers in brain parts associated with higher cognition. These findings suggest that as few as four major changes in neuron-brain scaling in over 300 million years of evolution pave the way to avian and mammalian intelligence.
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Source: Phys.org