The Surprising Intelligence of Whales
MDPI Blog,
From Moby-Dick to Free Willy, whales have captured the imaginations of humans for centuries. Their haunting songs, gargantuan…
How Dolphins Got Their Large Brains
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As a rule, larger animals tend to have larger brains, just as they have larger hearts, livers, and other internal organs. But…
Brain Size: Gene Losses Did Not Stop Evolution Of Big Brains
ReliaWire,
The evolution of a big brain has been of long-standing interest due to its relationship to the origin of humans and its…
Orcas, Dolphins, and Whales: non-human persons and animal rights
Bill of Health,
With few exceptions, most cultures put homo sapiens at the center or the apex of creation. Humans, it is generally believed…
January 2018 cover
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This month's cover is by Rosemary Mosco and it celebrates some of the species that have appeared in the pages of Nature Ecology
Big brains help cetaceans create complex, “human-like” societies
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Cetaceans, such as dolphins and whales, have complex societies with behaviors that closely resemble human and primate…
Le radici sociali e culturali del cervello dei cetacei
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ANIMALI – Il mondo terrestre e quello marino sono agli antipodi: l’uno è condizionato fortemente dalla gravità, l’altro dalla…
Whales and dolphins have rich ‘human-like’ cultures and societies @OfficialUoM
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Whales and dolphins live in tightly-knit social groups. They have complex relationships, talk to each other and have even…
Whales and dolphins have rich 'human-like' cultures and societies
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Encephalization, or brain expansion, underpins humans’ sophisticated social cognition, including language, joint attention…
Whales and dolphins have rich 'human-like' cultures and societies
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Whales and dolphins (Cetaceans) live in tightly-knit social groups, have complex relationships, talk to each other and even…
Big brains come with big social groups in whales and dolphins
Ars Technica,
Enlarge (credit: International Fund for Animal Welfare) Why are humans so smart? We must have evolved in an environment that…
Peer Pressure Forced Whales and Dolphins To Evolve Big Brains Like Humans, Says Study
Slashdot,
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Quartz: The human brain has evolved and expanded over millennia to accommodate our ever…
Whales and dolphins have complex relationships and call each other by name
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A major new study links the complexity of cetacean culture and behavior to brain size, revealing amazing things about the…
Big-brained cetaceans have “marine-based cultures” similar to those of humans, study reveals
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They only need thumbs to rule the oceans!
Delfini e balene vivono come noi: comunicano in ‘dialetto’, stringono amicizie e giocano
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L'intelligenza dei cetacei è ben nota da tempo, ma un nuovo studio internazionale ha dimostrato che questi animali, grazie al…
Kiti in delfini živijo podobno kot ljudje
Dnevnik.si,
Kiti in delfini veljajo za bolj inteligentne živali. Uporaba preprostega orodja, klicanje po imenu in govor v lokalnem dialektu…
Социальные связи увеличили мозг китообразных
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Whales, Dolphins Have Rich 'Human-like' Cultures and Societies
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NewsWhales and dolphins (Cetaceans) live in tightly-knit social groups, have complex relationships, talk to each other and even…
Whales and dolphins lead 'human-like lives' thanks to big brains, says study
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The cultural brain hypothesis of human development could also explain cetaceans forming friendships – and even gossipingLife is…
Whales and dolphins have rich ‘human-like’ cultures and societies
The University of Manchester : news,
Whales and dolphins (Cetaceans) live in tightly-knit social groups, have complex relationships, talk to each other and even…