Global elongation and high shape flexibility as an evolutionary hypothesis of accommodating mammalian brains into skulls
V. Weisbecker, T. Rowe, S. Wroe, T. E. Macrini, K. L. S. Garland, K. J. Travouillon, K. Black, M. Archer, S. J. Hand, J. Berlin, R. M. D. Beck, S. Ladeveze, A. C. Sharp, K. Mardon, E. Sherratt
The paper analyzes 3D cranial endocasts of marsupials to show brain shape variation is more flexible and less tied to function than previously thought.
bioRxiv · Dec 6, 2020Evolutionary Biology