T. rex intelligence was likely much closer to that of modern-day crocodiles than primates — a perfectly respectable amount of smarts for a therapod.

It's officially news: T. rex had baboon-like numbers of brain neurons, which means it had what it takes to build tools, solve problems, and live up to 40 years, enough to build a culture!

The name Tyrannosaurus rex means the “king of the tyrant lizards,” and by all accounts, that’s exactly what T. rex was. A ruthless and fearsome predator, it ruled the world in the Late Cretaceous ...

They estimated the number of neurons, or nerve cells, in the T. rex brain using their new brain volume estimates. They found T. rex had between 250 million and 1.7 billion neurons, ...

Not only is it possible that the equations over- or underestimated the number of neurons in the T. rex brain, but there’s also no way to verify the truth of their estimations. “It’s never been done ...

Based on CT scan reconstructions, the T. rex brain was probably “ a long tube that has very little in terms of the cortical expansion that you see in a primate or a modern bird,” said ...

It's officially news: T. rex had baboon-like numbers of brain neurons, which means it had what it takes to build tools, solve problems, and live up to 40 years, enough to build a culture!

The new paper also suggests that the actual size of a T. rex brain may have been overestimated in the past. But Hady says that there's plenty of evidence to prove that the dinosaurs still had ...

Mesa Schumacher; Sources: “New Insights into the Brain, Braincase, and Ear Region of Tyrannosaurs (Dinosauria, Theropoda), with Implications for Sensory Organization and Behavior,” by Lawrence ...

T. rex had a massive skull, and studies show that it had a large brain relative to its size. In comparison, the EQ of German shepherd dogs – which are considered one of the smartest dog breeds ...