Science
We’ve Rarely Seen a Dinosaur Brain Like This Before – The New York Times
While later dinosaurs in this lineage were giant herbivores with tiny brains, this small species packed a lot more power in its skull.
Probably this change is related with the feeding habits changing, he said. Carnivorous animals generally need more cognitive capabilities.
These details about Buriolestess brain are intriguing because it is such an early dinosaur, said Lawrence Witmer, a paleontologist and professor of anatomy at Ohio University who studies sauropods.
It gives us a window into the earliest evolution of the brain and sensory systems of the largest animals ever to walk on land, the sauropod dinosaurs, he said, noting…
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