New Study Shows Tyrannosaurus Rex Evolved Advanced Bird-Like Binocular Vision

Science News Online ^ | June 26 2006 | Eric Jbaffe

[Al Simmons]

Note to the 'Young-Earth Creationists' - See how Dr. Jack Horner, despite overwhelming and mounting evidence to the contrary, continues to peddle his theory that TRex was a scavenger....its a good example of the workings of a mind that refuses to accept evidence because of an emotional investment he has in his own 'TRex as Scavenger' theory...(there's an analogy in there somewhere for y'all)

[Al Simmons]

"Flying Brick-Bat PING!!!"

[taxesareforever]

Stevens says the unconvincing scene in Jurassic Park inspired him to examine T. rex's vision because, with its "very sophisticated visual apparatus," the dinosaur couldn't possibly miss people so close by

So now there are people at the time of the dinosaurs? Hmmm.

[Al Simmons]

Tyrannosaurus rex's cheek grooves (below the eye sockets) and narrow snout cleared its sight lines, giving it impressive vision, according to a new study.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"So now there are people at the time of the dinosaurs? Hmmm."

No, and nobody said there were.

[Al Simmons]

Here's looking at you, kid....(see my last post)...

[Southack]

The T Rex birth rate is too low to support Evolutionary arguments of random mutations occuring fast enough to bring about species change.

[PatrickHenry]

Should I ping the list for this? It's not that much ...

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"The T Rex birth rate is too low to support Evolutionary arguments of random mutations occuring fast enough to bring about species change."

How's that?

[js1138]

If T-Rex was a vegetarian, as Hovind asserts, it was certaintly not a predator.

[ChewedGum]

I guess I had assumed that the vision of the beast was related to they eyes within its actual eyes, of which we know nothing. I guess it is really only a factor of how far apart they are. Silly me.

[Parmy]

Pardon me, but how is this important to mankind?

[6SJ7]

Forty years ago, scientists thought dinosaurs were slow, stupid, cold-blooded and lived in swamps. Now they think they were smart, fast, and had sophisticated hunting skills. Next they'll be telling us that dinosaurs had a vocabulary of over 1,000 words and could drive cars, if cars existed in the Jurassic period.

[OSHA]

Moreover, over the millennia, T. rex evolved features that improved its vision: Its snout grew lower and narrower, cheek grooves cleared its sight lines, and its eyeballs enlarged. ...

Where are the fossils with the high, wide snout without the cheek groves?

[Southack]

"How's that?"

Do you expect more mutations/changes in low-birth-rate species or high birth rate species?

[stands2reason]

No. They are talking about a movie.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"Do you expect more mutations/changes in low-birth-rate species or high birth rate species?"

How slow do you think they bred?

[xpertskir]

"So now there are people at the time of the dinosaurs? Hmmm"

What an absurd statement

Why is it that all(most)you bible belters think that creationism and evolution are mutually exclusive theories?

[Al Simmons]

Ummm....you might try Googling "Gorgosaurus"....it did not have nearly as wide an eyeball ratio...

[muawiyah]

No doubt T-Rex could read newspapers (from a mile away, at midnight).

Doesn't mean there was anything worth reading in them even then back before they went downhill.