cerebrum
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They appear to have inherited several key traits, including expansion of the cerebrum, cerebellum and optic lobes, from earlier relatives before further adapting these regions for flight, Fabbri says.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025
Navaornis had a larger cerebrum than Archaeopteryx, suggesting it had more advanced cognitive capabilities than the earliest bird-like dinosaurs.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2024
Lemon's -ism appears have taproots into the frontal cortex of his cerebrum, entangled in a way that may be impossible for any amount of "formal training" to overcome.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2023
A study published Thursday in the Journal of Comparative Neurology suggests the dinosaur’s cerebrum contained enough neurons to solve problems and even form cultures.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2023
The convolutions of the cerebrum were remarkable for their number, depth, and intricate foldings.
From Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine by Henry Laing Gordon
Especially since our greedy, oxygen-hungry cerebra owe everything to the heart’s complex, coordinated contraction.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2015
For George, though you would not have suspected it from his exterior, was one of those in whose cerebra the grey matter splashes restlessly about, producing strong curtains and crisp dialogue.
From The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Editor Reedy is but casting his pearls before swine—is talking to people who, having eyes see not, having ears hear not, and whose cerebra are filled with sawdust.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by William Cowper Brann
Brain scans show their cerebrums are perfectly normal, if not extraordinary.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chimpanzees, man's closest animal relatives, have larger cerebrums than most other primates, but man's is the largest.
From Time Magazine Archive
War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.
From Time Magazine Archive
There may exist somewhere in this country those hardy viewers who, with pads, pencils, reference works and receptive cerebrums, actually catalogued policy nuances and body language and advanced their state of decision.
From Time Magazine Archive
What's the good of going round congesting your cerebrums about problems you can't settle?
From The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making by W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - High School
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