patient

Like humans, these big-brained birds may owe their smarts to long childhoods

Reading now: 445
www.sciencemag.org

Amanda HeidtHuman beings typically don’t leave the nest until well into our teenage years—a relatively rare strategy among animals.

But corvids—a group of birds that includes jays, ravens, and crows—also spend a lot of time under their parents’ wings. Now, in a parallel to humans, researchers have found that ongoing tutelage by patient parents may explain how corvids have managed to achieve their smarts.Corvids are large, big-brained birds that often live in intimate social groups of related and unrelated individuals.

They are known to be intelligent—capable of using tools, recognizing human faces, and even understanding physics—and some researchers believe crows may rival apes for smarts.Meanwhile, humans continue to grow their big brains.

Read more on sciencemag.org
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA