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Ancient Rodents With Large Brains Were Not Necessarily Smart
There is more to determining an animal's intelligence than brain size. A new study from the University of Toronto found an ancient rodent species had a large brain that was even heftier than those of some primitive primates of the same era, but it wasn't necessarily "smarter."
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