Dinosaur palaeoneurology: an evolving science
Amy M Balanoff · 2024
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Amy Balanoff reviews the study of dinosaur brains and senses, in this 2024 paper. Fascination with what dinosaurs could do began with the first fossil finds. The field reads brain cases from fossils to infer sight, smell, balance, and behavior.
Balanoff argues the field is maturing but faces three limits: a stable family tree, better methods for building brain casts, and fossil experts trained in neuroscience. Progress on all three now lets the field feed findings back into brain science. Most examples come from meat-eating dinosaurs and the origin of birds and flight. The review maps where the science stands and where it can go.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Amy M Balanoff |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |