Re: EQ (was RE: Tyrannosaur age-population distributions)

[Michael Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com>]

Phillip Bigelow wrote-

> Unfortunately, E.Q., with all of its caveats and limitations, is the only
> empirical method we have to say anything about the comparative
> intelligence of chickens and tyrannosaurids.  And I agree that it is
> practically worthless if used specifically for that purpose.

We could also compare the cerebral percentage of the endocast, which is MUCH 
higher in modern birds than in Tyrannosaurus (though the latter's is higher 
than in carnosaurs).  I completely agree that tyrannosaurs were less 
intelligent than chickens.  Btw, Bambiraptor now has the largest measured EQ 
of any non-avian dinosaur (beating Troodon), though it is a young 
individual.

Mickey Mortimer