Three Dodo Skulls Reframe the Extinction Narrative

With only three preserved dodo skulls, researchers CT-scanned them and compared brain structures to pigeons, finding the dodo’s forebrain size isn’t disproportionately small for its body, challenging the view of the dodo as unintelligent; the study also hints at nocturnal traits via optic lobes, but stresses these remain speculative since no dodo brains exist to study directly.