Episode 460: Were dinosaurs smarter than mammals? New research into early dinosaur social skills suggest they were (at least at one point in history). Plus: The first good evidence of sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs; and Maz Maddox joins to discuss her RELIC series, about humans who can shape shift into dinosaurs.

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Dinosaur of the day Wannanosaurus, a pachycephalosaur that is smaller than Micropachycephalosaurus, although the holotype may be a juvenile.

Interview with Maz Maddox, a fellow dinosaur enthusiast and author of the RELIC series, about humans who can shape shift into dinosaurs.

In dinosaur news this week:

Dinosaurs learned an advanced social skill called visual perspective taking at least 60 million years before mammals
Another group of researchers found sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs, but this time they used more than just size or ornamentation.

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Were dinosaurs smarter than mammals?