A research team led by Seishiro Tada and Takanobu Tsuihiji of the University of Tokyo shows that the living warm-blooded descendants of theropod dinosaurs, aided by larger nasal cavities, evolved a better nasal cooling system than cold-blooded animals. The study, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, provides clues to the evolution of nasal cooling in warm-blooded animals from their theropod dinosaur ancestors.
