How intelligent were the dinosaurs?

No direct way of measuring intelligence in extinct animals exists. Doing so in living animals is often difficult and controversial. Paleontologists commonly try to estimate intelligence in dinosaurs by comparing the size of the brain to the size of the body, a measure called the encephalization quotient. read more

Pound for pound, they were some of the dumbest creatures ever to roam the planet. However, not all raptors, tyrannosaurs, stegosaurs and hadrosaurs were equally stupid; some may even (just barely) have attained a mammalian level of intelligence. read more

Dinosaur intelligence has been a point of contention for paleontologists. Non-avian dinosaurs were once regarded as being unintelligent animals but have largely been appraised more generously since the dinosaur renaissance. read more

Well Troodon (one of the smartest dinosaurs) had an EQ of 0.8 compared with a humans EQ of 5.5. So, they were pretty smart if you mean only non avian dinosaurs, but if you mean anything descended from dinosaurs (the birds) then the raven had an EQ of about 2-3. read more