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New controversial study shows how theropods were "smarter" than primates
Pliosaur posted a topic in Fossil News
Although the research regarding this was only published this month, there has been a lot of intense speculation and controversy as to whether theropods especially Tyrannosaurus Rex were comparable to being "primates" of their time. "According to her findings, theropods had as many neurons in their brains as monkeys do today, with the T-Rex boasting "baboon-like" numbers of up to 3 billion neurons. That's a pretty scary level of intelligence for a killing machine the size of a house.With that many neurons, a T-Rex wouldn't have just possessed uncanny cognition. It also might have lived longer, up to 40 years, Herculano-Houzel estimates. That's enough time and smarts to potentially be a social creature with its own culture, like primates and whales, and also suggests they may have worked together, too." Some great sources and videos, feel free let me know your thoughts on this below! The actual study can be found online and reported in the Journal of Comparative Neurology https://www.science.org/content/article/some-dinos-may-have-been-brainy-modern-primates-controversial-study-argues https://phys.org/news/2023-01-phylogenetic-bracketing-dinosaurs-neuron-density.html https://www.sciencealert.com/t-rex-was-a-lot-brainier-than-we-thought-researcher-claims-
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Why is life more intelligent now than in the past?
Gelatinous squid posted a topic in Questions & Answers
Why do we see so many examples of intelligent animals today, such as crows, elephants, whales and pigs, but none in previous biospheres? Why didn't the Cretaceous evolve such a level of intelligence? Or the Permian?- 29 replies
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Hi!! There's a couple of questions I have that hasn´t been anwsered for too long, and every site that I visit says either contradictory information or doesn´t say anything about this topic at all. Anyway, here it goes. I've been a jurassic park fan for as long as I can remember, and I´ve always wondered if the velociraptor intelligence in the movie was, at least, close to reality. Even if another dromaeosaur like deinonychus had it.Also, In the movie, velociraptor sizes are awfully wrong compered to their real life counterparts. However,I've heard many times that the size of the velociraptor in the movie is the same that the size if Deinonychus. My question is: Is this real? Thanks to anyone who answers this post!
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