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Scientists reconstruct the brain of one of the oldest dinosaurs in unprecedented detail – ZME Science
Dinosaurs in the same lineage were some of the largest creatures to walk the Earth — but this tiny predator packed a lot more brain power.
Artist impression of the skull and brain of the sauropodomorph. Credit: Márcio L. Castro and Rodrigo Temp Müller.
Evolution can oftentimes be unpredictable. Around 230 million years ago, a dog-sized meat-eating dinosaur by the name of Buriolestes schultzi roamed Brazil’s forests. A hundred million years later, this small dinosaur’s cousins, such as Diplodocus and Brachiosaurus, grew to sizes spanning tens of meters in length and could weigh over 100 tons.
In many lineages, relative brain size tends…
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