Re: Are birds really smarter than non-avian dinosaurs?

["Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>]

Dann Pigdon (dannj@alphalink.com.au) wrote:

<I thought birds had little in the way of a cerebral cortex (even the
apparently 'intelligent' species)?>

  I should have referred to the cerebrum, rather than to the cortex itself.
Avian cerebra are rather large, and this may have developed as a function of
increased signal processing and flight manipulation. Correct me if I am wrong?

  Cheers,

Jaime A. Headden
http://bitestuff.blogspot.com/

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