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Complete brain of a fox-sized dinosaur is reconstructed by scientists for the first time 

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A complete dinosaur brain has been reconstructed by scientists for the first time after a ‘perfect skeleton’ was found – and the brain weighed less than a pea. Palaeontologists from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, used computer images to reveal the size and inner workings of the Buriolestes brain. The team were able to determine … Read more

Dormouse the size of a rabbit that lived two million years ago has skull reconstructed reconstructed

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A tiny dormouse, sleepily curled in a ball, can fit in the palm of someone’s hand. But two million years ago, dormice existed which were as big as a cat. Incredibly, scientists have described a giant dormouse previously unimaginable outside of the pages of Alice in Wonderland. The creature, whose four-inch (10cm) skull has been … Read more