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T. REX HAD BABOON-LIKE NUMBERS OF NEURONS:

The T. rex may have been a lot smarter than you thought. Washington Post, Jan 9, 2023.

Was the king of the dinosaurs a genius? T. rex had the same number of brain neurons as modern primates and may have been capable of problem-solving and even culture, study claims. Daily Mail, Jan 9, 2023.

T. rex may have been intimidatingly clever with baboon-like brain capacity. IFLScience, Jan 5, 2023. 

WANT TO COUNT NEURONS? TURN BRAINS INTO SOUP:

Unexceptional mammals. Suzana Herculano-Houzel on what her "brain soup" experiments can tell us about our place in the evolutionary hierarchy. Grow by Gingko, Nov 28.

"Bug brain soup expands menu for scientists studying animal brains. University of Arizona News, April 2021.

Soup for brains! NW Noggin, May 2018 (contains a step-by-step account of a public talk at OHSU)

One scientist is creating "brain soup" to calculate brain power. The Pulse, WHYY Feb 2017

Brainiac: With her innovative "brain soup", Suzana Herculano-Houzel is changing neuroscience one species at a time. Vanderbilt Magazine, Sep 2017

To unlock the brain's mysteries, purée it. The New York Times Magazine, Dec 2017

Our 86 billion neurons: She showed it. The New York Review, 2016

​Professor's "brain soup" experiment shows cognitive power. BBC News, Jun 2013

TECHNOLOGY, COOKING, AND HUMAN EVOLUTION

How cooking made us smarter: A Q&A with Suzana Herculano-Houzel. Brain World, Nov 2019

How human smarts evolved. Discover Magazine, Aug 2018

How humans evolved supersize brains. Quanta Magazine, Nov 2015

How many neurons make a human brain? Billions fewer than we thought. The Guardian, Feb 2012

Size isn't everything: The big brain myth. New Scientist, July 2010

...SO WHAT? NUMBERS OF NEURONS, INTELLIGENCE & LONGEVITY

"Brain soup" connects numbers of neurons to longevity. The Visible Embryo, Nov 2018

Our neurons explain why we live so long. Futurity.org, Nov 2018

Which are smarter, cats or dogs? We asked a scientist. PBS News Hour, Apr 2018 

Are dogs smarter than cats? Science has an answer. National Geographic, Nov 2017

Parrots, songbirds pack more neurons into their forebrains than most mammals. Science.org, Jun 2016
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