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In this Tuesday, March 7, 2006 file photo, life-sized Tyrannosaurus rex models are unloaded for a dinosaur exhibition in Potsdam, Germany. A study released on Thursday, April 15, 2021 calculates that 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus rex prowled North America over a couple million years or so, with maybe 20,000 at any given time.
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One Tyrannosaurus rex seems scary enough. Now picture 2.5 billion of them. That’s how many of the fierce dinosaur king probably roamed Earth over the course of a couple million years, a new study finds.
Using calculations based on body size, sexual maturity and the creatures’ energy needs, a team at the University of California, Berkeley figured out just how many T. rex lived over 127,000 generations, according to a study in Thursday’s journal Science. It’s a first-of-its-kind number, but just an estimate with a margin of error that is the size of a T. rex.
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T. rex population estimate had scientists doing a double-take
While all 2.5 billion T. rex didn t roam Earth all at once, the study found at any moment there were maybe 20,000 or so alive.which is still a lot to deal with. Author: SETH BORENSTEIN (AP Science Writer) Published: 1:29 PM CDT April 15, 2021 Updated: 1:45 PM CDT April 15, 2021
One Tyrannosaurus rex seems scary enough. Now picture 2.5 billion of them. That’s how many of the fierce dinosaur king probably roamed Earth over the course of a couple million years, a new study finds.
Using calculations based on body size, sexual maturity and the creatures energy needs, a team at the University of California, Berkeley figured out just how many T. rex lived over 127,000 generations, according to a study in Thursday’s journal Science. It’s a first-of-its-kind number, but just an estimate with a margin of error that is the size of a T. rex.
Tyrannosaurus rex population hit 2 5 billion, study finds whas11.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from whas11.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.