Love lives of dinosaurs

The mighty Tyrannosaurus rex had powerful jaws and teeth, great for ripping flesh. But scientists looking closely at the jawbones of adult Tyrannosaurs have a new theory about consistent scarring there. The Economist’s science correspondent Matt Kaplan says that face bites were likely a part of the dinosaur’s sex life.

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