Dinosaur "intellegence"

["Jordan Mallon" <j_mallon@hotmail.com>]

Hello all,

I've been posting recently at a dinosaur-related message board, and the 
topic of dinosaur intellence has come up as of late.  As one person, who 
goes by the name "Dr. Paleontology", posted, "As for the Sinornithosaurus, 
yes it was small and the belief is generaly that the smaller the dinosaur is 
the more intelligent (with possible exceptions)."

Out of curiosity, do we actually have any evidence to back this up?  The 
smaller the dinosaur, the "smarter" it might have been?  (What is "smart", 
anyway?)  I understand that not a whole lot can be said on dinosaur 
intellence, since we can't truly measure their IQ or what have you.  And I 
also now understand that calculations relating to EQ don't really tell us 
much.
Just curious as to the validity of this statement...

-Jordan Mallon

http://www.geocities.com/paleoportfolio/


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