Sentences with phrase «bigger brains relative»

New study says that dogs have bigger brains relative to their body compared to cats.

Now, researchers say that social complexity also underlies the braininess of parrots, which have big brains relative to their body size.

For example, you'd think that the primate with the next biggest brain relative to body would be a close relative — a chimp or a gorilla.

Not exact matches

When they analyzed the MRI data, the researchers found that the physically fit children tended to have bigger hippocampal volume - about 12 percent bigger relative to total brain size - than their out - of - shape peers.

They also have a bigger brain, relative to their size, than most other species of bats.

Our brains are bigger, relative to body size, than other animals», but it's not just size that matters.

They found that the bigger a primate's brain relative to the species's overall body size, the smaller the guts tend to be.

But, relative to body size, primates have much larger brains than any other animals, and we humans, not surprisingly, have the biggest brains of all — about six times larger than you would expect for a mammal of our size.

Mammals» brains grew ever bigger relative to their bodies as they struggled to survive in a world dominated by dinosaurs.

Humans diverged from their closest relatives, chimpanzees, about 5 to 7 million years ago and the transition required a host of nutrients that were particularly beneficial to developing bigger brains.