Richi De Mendoza

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Finally this book, Paleoneurology of Amniotes, is out! I'm glad to be among the authors of the chapter devoted to the evolution of the brain and senses in birds, analized through the lens of the intracranial cavities! https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-13983-3_9
#Aves #Neurology #books #book #Paleontology #Paleoneurology #Evolution
Anatomy and Evolution of Avian Brain and Senses: What Endocasts Can Tell Us

Brain morphology has become a key element to predict a wide array of cognitive and behavioral, sensory and motor abilities, and to determine evolutionary rates of phenotypic transformation. Our information on early bird brain morphology comes of natural endocasts or...

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How did #birds survive the #dino-#extinction? Interview with #paleontologist, Alberta Claw!

https://youtu.be/gWYanLUWfho

How did birds survive the dino-extinction? Interview with paleontologist, Albert Chen!

YouTube

Currently Masto.host is experiencing the highest volume of traffic that has ever reached the infrastructure.

The service is partially degraded and I will be doing fast upgrades on the platform.

These can lead to partial downtime, errors and large delays in support requests.

Really sorry. Doing the best I can on my end. Hope you understand. Thanks.

A quick #introduction: I'm Richi De Mendoza, avian paleontologist studying mostly the #evolution of foot propelled diving in #birds, through #fossils and #ecomorphology