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

[Michael Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com>]

Dann Pigdon wrote-

> Quoting Michael Mortimer <mickey_mortimer111@msn.com>:
>
> > 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).
>
> It would seem to me that putting a human brain in a tyrannosaur's head  
> (you'd have to make a lot of extra room for it) would result in an  animal 
> with a much lower EQ, and lower cerebral volume percentage,  than a human 
> being - despite identicle brains.

Er, I meant cerebral volume divided by endocast volume.  So a human-brained 
tyrannosaur would have the same cerebral volume percentage as a human.

Mickey Mortimer