Experts uncover clues to when warm-blooded dinosaurs emerged on the planet

Were there warm-blooded dinosaurs? New study claims endothermy already existed back then

There may have been warm-blooded dinosaurs after a major study was carried out. Wikipedia

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If we had to name the closest family to which dinosaurs belonged, we would most likely compare them to current reptiles. One of the most notable characteristics of these animals is directly related to their inability to regulate body temperature. Is it possible that dinosaurs did have what is called ‘warm blood’? Here is the latest research on the subject.

Warm-blooded dinosaurs, an evolutionary element that differentiates them from reptiles

We are used to learning new information about dinosaurs through footprints discovered by paleontologists, as well as the study of bones that continue to appear everywhere. After carrying out various investigations, it is common to think that There were endothermic and exothermic dinosaurs. Apparently, Temperature regulation diversified about 180 million years ago.

According to the publication of the studythe so-called evento de Jenkyns could have significantly affected the disposition of this evolutionary change. The presence of a great volcanic activity on Earth caused large colonies of dinosaurs corresponding to various species had to emigrate towards colder climates, thus managing to adopt endothermy as a means of survival. In this sense, Darwin’s Theory of Evolution would have allowed specimens with a greater capacity for adaptation to survive in situations not previously experienced.

Thus, it would have been environmental pressure that would have led to this situation and, therefore, branching of the dinosaur population between options capable of regulating their own temperature and others that required continued exposure to the Sun in order to survive. This is a theory that would explain this difference between species, an aspect that occurred over time and has continued to this day after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Our analyses show that climatic preferences arose among major dinosaur groups following the so-called Jenkyns event 183 million years ago. Alessandro Chiarenzae, University College London

This new study has allowed us to learn very interesting details about the migration that occurred on Earth before the fall of the meteorite which caused one of the great extinctions that have occurred in history. Over time, an evolution has occurred that has allowed the species that currently live in an ecosystem to survive until today.

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