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A 66-million-year-old tooth reveals T. rex was nearly as warm as a human
Recent research on fossilized T. rex teeth indicates that these dinosaurs maintained a body temperature of approximately 97 degrees Fahrenheit, closely resembling human body temperature. This discovery challenges traditional views of dinosaur physiology and suggests they may have been warm-blooded, which has implications for understanding their behavior and ecology.
