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Line 18: − − More recently, CT scans of an ''Archaeopteryx'' braincase were compared to the brains of modern and more advanced fossil birds. It was demonstrated that the brain of ''Archaeopteryx'' is not like modern birds. Instead, the authors concluded that like its ankle, feet, and skull, the brain or ''Archaeopteryx'' is more like predatory dinosaurs than modern birds. <ref>Kurochkin, et al. "A fossil brain from the Cretaceous of European Russia and avian sensory evolution," The Royal Society Biology Letters, http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/(ovrnzmfyck1pbxfhjrjtxxeo)/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,3,33;journal,1,11;linkingpublicationresults,1:110824,1 </ref>
→Evidence for evolution?: Deleted questionable paragraph; see talk.
Furthermore, like other birds, both its maxilla (upper jaw) and mandible (lower jaw) moved.
Furthermore, like other birds, both its maxilla (upper jaw) and mandible (lower jaw) moved.
In most vertebrates, including many reptiles, only the mandible moves.<ref name="cw94" />
In most vertebrates, including many reptiles, only the mandible moves.<ref name="cw94" />
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