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Computers play Dentist to Dinosaurs

Mr. Obvious writes "Funky article over at the NY Times about using Finite Element Analysis to do Dinosaur Dentistry. My favorite quote: "'I found out by reconstructing the muscles at the back of the skull and calculating the bite force that Allosaurus has a relatively weak bite force,' palaeontologist Emily Rayfield said in a telephone interview. 'It is about four times weaker than Tyrannosaurus rex or an alligator.'" Emphasis added. A fourth of an alligator! Who would have thought?"
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Computers play Dentist to Dinosaurs

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