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Scientists have long thought that the cerebellum should be important in bird flight, but they lacked direct evidence. To pinpoint its value, the new research combined modern PET scan imaging data of ...

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Flying animals have been perfecting their anatomy for flight for millennia. "We'd need a lot of the other adaptations birds have acquired over the years," Hedrick said.

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Scientists pinpoint growth of brain's cerebellum as key to evolution of bird flight Date: January 31, 2024 Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Summary: Evolutionary biologists report they have combined ...