Category: Tyrannosaurus rex

02Aug 2024 by Post

Fossil Friday: Controversial Gradualism in Tyrannosaurids

anagenesis, Canada, cladogenesis, Darwinian gradualism, Daspletosaurus, Daspletosaurus torosus, Evolution, Fossil Friday, fossil record, Montana, natural selection, paleontology, speciation, splitting, Tarbosaurus, tyrannosaurid, Tyrannosaurus rex, Zhuchengtyrannus

History will tell who is right in this scientific controversy, but personally I am more convinced by the evidence against anagenesis. Source

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17May 2024 by Post

The Wildly Varying Intelligence of T. Rex

asteroid, baboons, chimpanzees, crocodiles, dinosaurs, Evolution, intelligence, neurons, Neuroscience & Mind, Ornella Bertrand, paleontologists, paleontology, Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, Steve Brusatte, Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Tyrannosaurus rex

After centuries with the “stupid” label, the big, bad extinct dino was found in one 2023 study to be as smart as a primate. But then… Source

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17Jan 2023 by Post

New Claim: Tyrannosaur Was as Smart as a Monkey

alligators, anole lizard, asteroid, basal birds, birds, caymans, crocodiles, dinosaurs, grub, intelligence, lizards, mammals, NASA, Neuroscience & Mind, octopus, science, Suzana Herculano-Houzel, theropod, tyrannosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex, Vanderbilt University

One researcher argues that, based on bird studies, the huge predators may have had many more brain cells than we have supposed. Source

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