Cetaceans Have Complex Brains for Complex Cognition
Open Access
- 15 May 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Biology
- Vol. 5 (5) , e139
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050139
Abstract
A group of eminent cetacean researchers respond to headlines charging that dolphins might be "flippin' idiots". They examine behavioural, anatomical and evolutionary data to conclude that the large brain of cetaceans evolved to support complex cognitive abilities.Keywords
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