Was T. rex As Smart As A Primate? | BoneHeads

A recent study has claimed that dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex could have been as smart as certain primates, and also had the capability for tool use and the development of culture. But how true is this? Join us in this episode of BoneHeads as we discuss this paper and much more! BoneHeads:    • BoneHeads   Paleoart in thumbnail by Wayne Barlowe Join our Discord server: discord.gg/jTsGYtRBHZ Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bengthomas Follow us on Instagram: bit.ly/1PIEagv Music by Geographer Subscribe to explore the wonderful life around you! Social Media: ►Twitter: twitter.com/BenGThomas42 ►Instagram: bit.ly/1PIEagv ►Subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/BenGThomas Things we talked about: Theropod dinosaurs had primate-like numbers of telencephalic neurons (Herculano-Houzel, 2023) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cne.25453 twitter.com/KR_Caspar/status/1611871291857854464 A new pterodactyloid pterosaur with a unique filter‑feeding apparatus from the Late Jurassic of Germany (Martill et al., 2023) link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-022-00644… Reconstruction of the pectoral girdle and forelimb musculature of Megaraptora (Dinosauria: Theropoda) (Rolando et al., 2023) anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar… Growth constraints set an upper limit to theropod dinosaur body size (Henderson, 2023) link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00114-023-01832… Turnersuchus: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2022… Spinosaurus is trending again: twitter.com/Paleoartologist/status/162272816533143… Interesting speculation by Kosemen: twitter.com/cmkosemen/status/1621514245870620674 New colossosaur titanosaur: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019… Important crab news: www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fearc.2023.10… www.sci.news/archaeology/neanderthal-crab-diet-116… 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - T. rex Intelligence Paper 29:57 - Balaenognathus Introduction 32:44 - Full Balaenognathus Interview 49:21 - Balaenognathus Discussion 1:00:42 - Megaraptoran Muscle Reconstruction 1:07:17 - Isle of Wight Fossil Hunt 1:17:45 - Turnersuchus 1:27:17 - How Big Could Theropods Grow? 1:35:50 - Spinosaurus is Trending Again 1:41:37 - New Colossosaur 1:43:17 - Important Crab News 1:45:20 - Outro #boneheads

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