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Dolphin brain

Kalman Rubinson kr4 at is2.nyu.edu
Fri Jan 29 15:03:14 EST 1999


Sturla Molden (stumol at stud.ntnu.no) wrote:
> You are confusing monotrmes with marsupials.
> 
> The Echidnan neocortex _is_ folded into sulci ang gyri. And the
> ratio of neocotical wolume to residual brain wolume is larger than
> for any other known mammal, humans included. 

Oops, I erred but not exactly for that reason.  The minute I hit the 'send' button,
I realized I was thinking of Ornithorhynchus which has a smooth cortex. And, yes,
Didelphis is also smooth.

Kal



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