Brain size myth debunked with new evolutionary insights

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A new study of 1,500 species shows that larger animals do not have proportionally larger brains, challenging old ideas and introducing a curve model for brain-body size relationships, with significant findings in primates, rodents and carnivores. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Researchers have discovered that brain size in larger animals does not increase proportionally with body size, contradicting … Read more

Popular myth debunked: New study challenges 30-year-old theory linking griffins to dinosaurs

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Painting of a griffin, a chimera of a lion bird of prey, next to the fossils of Protoceratopesa horned dinosaur. The latter would have influenced the lore and appearance of the former, but our study suggests there is no compelling connection between dinosaurs and griffins. Credit: Dr Mark Witton A new study refutes the theory … Read more