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The study also shows the value of studying brain endocasts to look into the past.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Aug. 2023
This means relying on as many different lines of evidence as possible, from neuron count to endocasts to making comparisons with living animals.
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Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
Sizing Up Brain Casts Rogers at the University of Utah specializes in using the internal measurements from the skull of dinosaurs — aka ‘endocasts’ — and comparing them to brain models of their living relatives.
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Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2023
In some cases, scientists might also make an endocast or a 3D representation of the brain cavity made in a similar method to a jello mold.
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Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
Researchers can, however, infer the size and shape of an animal’s OB by looking at an endocast — essentially, an imprint of the brain left on the interior of the skull.
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Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2019
Researchers studied the endocasts of skulls belonging to hundreds of dinosaurs and extinct birds.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 Apr. 2020
CT scans of the skulls allowed them to look at the endocast, or imprint, of the brain on the skulls interior.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Apr. 2020
Previously, Beaudet studied the endocast of Little Foot, or the imprint of the brain preserved on the inside of the skull, along with her inner ear structure.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Mar. 2020
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First Known Use
1949, in the meaning defined above
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“Endocast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/endocast. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
Medical Definition
endocast
noun
en·do·cast
ˈen-də-ˌkast
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