Ancient Penguin Brains from Antarctica

Today, a new research article on fossil penguin brains is available at the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. I'm pleased to have been part of this study, led by Dr. Claudia Tambussi and Dr. Federico "Dino" Degrange. We looked at three Eocene fossil skulls from Antarctica, each belonging to a 34 million year old penguin. These…

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