Are bigger brains always better?

December 3rd, 2009 by June von Bonin

Research shows that animals with bigger brains are not necessarily more intelligent. Honeybees for example can count and categorise similar objects like human faces, traits that scientist previously thought were limited to larger animals. So, what are big(ger) brains for?

 

(via sciencedaily.com)

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