Cetaceans have complex brains for complex cognition

The brain of a sperm whale is about 60% larger in absolute mass than that of an elephant. Furthermore, the brains of toothed whales and dolphins are significantly larger than those of any nonhuman primates and are second only to human brains when measured with respect to body size. How and why did s...

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Published in:PLoS Biology
Main Authors: Marino, Lori, Connor, Richard C., Fordyce, R. Ewan, Herman, Louis M., Hof, Patrick R., Lefebvre, Louis, Lusseau, David, McCowan, Brenda, Nimchinsky, Esther A., Pack, Adam A., Rendell, Luke, Reidenberg, Joy S., Reiss, Diana, Uhen, Mark D., Van der Gucht, Estel, Whitehead, Hal
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHINS
RESIDENT KILLER WHALES
ODONTOCETI TOOTHED WHALES
TURSIOPS-TRUNCATUS
CULTURAL TRANSMISSION
SELF-RECOGNITION
CEREBRAL-CORTEX
VOCAL MIMICRY
WHITE-MATTER
ORCINUS-ORCA
Manger
Orca
Orcinus orca
Sperm whale
toothed whales
Online Access:https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publications/7c6af4cc-c8fe-4281-a96a-3b5d1be23f73
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050139
https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/4252/1/e139.pdf

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