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Woodpeckers minimize cranial absorption of shocks

Sam Van Wassenbergh, Erica J. Ortlieb, Maja Mielke, Christine Böhmer, Robert E. Shadwick, Anick Abourachid

2022Current Biology39 citationsDOI

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Cranial vaultWoodpeckerBiologySkullNatural selectionShock (circulatory)Head (geology)Evolutionary biologyNeuroscienceAnatomyEcologySelection (genetic algorithm)Computer sciencePaleontologyArtificial intelligenceInternal medicineMedicineHabitatAnimal Ecology and Behavior StudiesMorphological variations and asymmetryTraumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries