Cranial kinesis allows modern birds to eat a wider variety of foods and use their beaks as multifunctional tools.

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Scientists suggest that bigger brains in bird ancestors led to more flexible skulls, playing a key role in their evolution.

D modeling reveals that as bird brains grew larger, it led to changes in jaw muscles and joint mechanics—enabling the ...

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Animation of a theropod dinosaur skull, showing muscle forces. Credit: Alec Wilken, Casey Holiday When the team analyzed data from the 3D models, they saw that as brain and skull sizes increased ...