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These included specialized teeth, changes in the palate and diaphragm that supported more efficient breathing and metabolism, and likely features such as warm-bloodedness and fur.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026
“I was surprised that the inner ear could help us to assess body temperature and warm-bloodedness so well,” David says.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 20, 2022
But Straka agrees that ear canal bones become more prevalent in future endothermy studies, for example in the debate over dinosaur warm-bloodedness that has lasted decades.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 20, 2022
That said, the study also notes that warm-bloodedness comes in different flavors compared to how we think of it today.
From Salon ● May 29, 2022
If it had not been for conditions that forced certain reptiles to develop warm-bloodedness, we would have no birds or mammals to-day, for as you doubtless know, birds and mammals both were evolved from reptiles.”
From Unexplored! by Allen Chaffee
