T. rex had a body temperature of 36.3°C, almost the same as humans; fossil tooth chemistry reveals the 66-million-year-old predator was warm-blooded and could survive in cold climates
- Representative Image via CanvaFor 66 million years, the body temperature of Tyrannosaurus rex (T.rex) lived only in speculation.
- Now, a new study has taken the dinosaur’s temperature using chemistry locked inside its fossilised teeth, finding an average of about 36.3°C (97.3°F), strikingly close to the human norm.
- The research, published in Science Advances, offers one of the first direct measurements of an extinct animal’s core temperature and strengthens the case that T.
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- Representative Image via CanvaFor 66 million years, the body temperature of Tyrannosaurus rex (T.rex) lived only in speculation.
- Now, a new study has taken the dinosaur’s temperature using chemistry locked inside its fossilised teeth, finding an average of about 36.3°C (97.3°F), strikingly close to the human norm.
- The research, published in Science Advances, offers one of the first direct measurements of an extinct animal’s core temperature and strengthens the case that T.
Sources: Times of India