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Study suggests dinosaurs not cold-blooded

ABC Science - Wed 27 Jun 12

THEORY DEBUNKED: Dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded, a finding that could debunk one of the most commonly-held images of the extinct giants.

Dinosaur debate gets cooking

ScienceNews - Wed 27 Jun 12

Researchers deflate evidence for cold-blooded dinosaurs

Dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded: study

Phys.org - Wed 27 Jun 12

Dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded, scientists said Wednesday, in a finding that could debunk one of the most commonly-held images of the extinct giants.

ScienceShot: Dino Bones Heat Up

Science Now - Wed 27 Jun 12

Tree-ring-like features are not a sign of cold-bloodedness, according to new study

Dinosaurs' cold blood in doubt

BBC News - Wed 27 Jun 12

Growth-related markings on the bones of modern warm-blooded animals similar to those on dinosaur bones challenge the idea dinosaurs were cold-blooded.

Dinosaur bones reveal evidence against cold blooded creatures

Ars Technica - Thu 28 Jun 12

Modern mammals show similar growth patterns in their bones.

Dinosaurs May Have Been Warm-Blooded

Discovery.com - Thu 28 Jun 12

How warm an animal is has an impact on their metabolism -- and how quickly they can grow and have babies.

Dinosaurs may have been WARM BLOODED, say scientists after study of today's animal bones

Daily Mail - Thu 28 Jun 12

Markings on the bones of today's ruminant animals has thrown doubt on the theory that dinosaurs were cold-blooded reptiles like snakes and lizards, say Barcelona researchers.

More evidence points to fast-growing, warm-blooded dinosaurs

Dvice - Wed 27 Jun 12

Most people think of dinosaurs as slow creatures that lumbered through the world like the stoic cold-blooded lizards we know today. However, there is an increasing body of evidence that dinosaurs ...

Dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded after all

FOXNews - Wed 27 Jun 12

Dinosaurs may not have been the slow, sunbathing reptiles researchers used to think. In fact, they may have been warm-blooded, new research suggests.

How Sweet! Dinosaurs May Be Warm-Blooded After All

Livescience - Wed 27 Jun 12

The debate continues: Are dinosaurs warm-blooded, cold-blooded or somewhere in between?

Bones evidence of warm-blooded dinosaurs

UPI - Thu 28 Jun 12

BARCELONA, Spain, June 28 (UPI) -- New evidence seen in mammal bones has overturned a long-time key argument for dinosaurs being cold-blooded creatures, a Spanish researcher says.

Dinosaurs were warm-blooded reptiles

Labspaces.net - Thu 28 Jun 12

The journal Nature has published a study analysing the lines of arrested growth (LAG) in the bones of around a hundred ruminants, representative of the specific and ecological ...

Dinosaurs were warm-blooded reptiles, Eurekalert - Thu 28 Jun 12

Dinosaurs May Not Have Been Cold-Blooded After All

RedOrbit - Thu 28 Jun 12

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online A new study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, suggests that dinosaurs were warm-blooded creatures, not cold-blooded reptiles ...

Dinosaurs were warm-blooded reptiles: Mammal bone study sheds light on dinosaur physiology

ScienceDaily - Thu 28 Jun 12

A study with extant mammals refutes the hypothesis on which the assumption that dinosaurs were ectotherms was based. The study analyzing the lines of arrested growth (LAG) in the bones of around ...