Posted on 04/30/2024 3:27:28 AM PDT by Jonty30
While we don't like to talk ill of the dead, new physiological analysis has found that the king of the dinosaurs was not so smart after all. It upends previous research that last year likened the brain and neuronal composition of the Tyrannosaurus rex to that of a primate. It's been a rough year or two for the long extinct dinosaur. First, we questioned their teeth, finding that those iconic chompers could very much have been smaller and hidden behind lips, and now an international team of paleontologists, behavioral scientists and neurologists have concluded that the T. rex wasn't smarter than your average lizard or crocodile. Why all the hate, science? The new study kicks dirt in the face of the 2023 findings that the dinosaur's neuron count was a direct indication of its intelligence. It proposed that this would indicate high cognitive skills that could be backed up by evidence of 'evolved' cognitive skills such as tool use. But when the scientists replicated the previous study's method, the results told a very different story.
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I bet they knew how to spell asteroid.
Don’t be silly. They didn’t have Playboy back then. It was National Geographic Magazine.
No candidate for trombone skills, for sure.
There is no cure for inequality
But he wasn’t smart enough not to let Gloria Jones drive. She’s what killed T-Rex.
The dinos knew the end was near so they made an army of all T-Rexes to try and save them. Unfortunately all they could muster was small arms.
I always figured they were about as smart as a Chicken.
Ask a shark, or a Lion.
Ping for later
So a T-Rex is basically a pre-historic, reptilian, democRat.
I love to hear you say my name
Especially when you say yes
I got your body right now on my mind
But I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex
Mmm
To the sound of old T-Rex
Oh, and who’s next?
-The Who, You Better You Bet
Tool use? With arms that long?
There is no way a T. Rex could do anything other than touch type.
Average length of a t-rex tooth was 9 inches. He doesn’t have to be smart just lucky.
You won’t fool the children of The Revolution!
Pea brained like an iguana, and scientists thought they were smart?
Trust the science, never the scientist.
Saw the Who twice both times A.M.
(After Moon).
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