You paleontologiststhey are people who study human evolution or, more specifically, the homonymous species. They seek to understand how the life of these beings worked and about their organism. Today, we're going to talk about research on the brain cells of dinosaurs, which claims that they are extremely intelligent, as much as apes.
Dinosaurs are much more than giants in size
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According to a neuroanatomist, Suzana Herculano, predatory dinosaurs with tiny arms, who are characterized as idiots and stupid, may have been as smart as monkeys modern. Such a statement is influenced by the fact that such dinosaurs had a comparable number of brain cells.
However, not all paleontologists are convinced of this claim, as it is based on some questionable interpretations of outdated data. Suzana used data on living birds and modern reptiles to infer the number of neurons scaled with increasing brain mass.
In addition, she evaluated the brain cells that T. Rex could have had it in his cerebrum – the most developed part of the brain. She estimated that he had about 3 billion brain neurons packed into his 343 gram brain. According to her calculations, another theropod dinosaur, Alioramus, got about a billion brain neurons in its 73-gram brain – a number equivalent to that of a capuchin monkey.
Based on her study, Suzana predicts that T. Rex would have matured quickly and lived long enough – over 40 years. In addition to having the ability to use tools and pass on his knowledge to his relatives.
If such numbers reflected intelligence, it would make dinosaurs the most magnificent predators to ever walk the planet. Earth. Suzana stated that: “a carnivorous biped the size of an elephant, but agile, endowed with cognition similar to monkeys or baboons, must have been an extremely competent and magnificent predator”.
