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Mammals Smelled Their Way To Bigger Brains

The skull of <em>Hadrocodium wui --</em> a tiny, ancient ancestor of modern mammals — whose improving sense of smell and ballooning olfactory bulbs heralded the evolution of the mammalian brain. (Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
The skull of Hadrocodium wui -- a tiny, ancient ancestor of modern mammals — whose improving sense of smell and ballooning olfactory bulbs heralded the evolution of the mammalian brain. (Carnegie Museum of Natural History)

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