Was T. rex a chicken?
By Dana5881
@Dana5881 (609)
United States
April 13, 2007 11:02am CST
The USA today said that the discovery of traces of flesh in a 68-million-year old Tyrannosaurus rex bone ties the King of Dinosaurs to modern-day species, end scientists say, herald a milestone shift in paleontology.
"Based on the small sample we've recovered, chickens may the closest relatives (to T. rex)" said geneticist John Asara of Beth Israel.
In studies reported in the journal of Science, Asara and colleagues conclude that 7 reaces of porteins detected in purified T. rex bone most closely match those reported in chickens, followed by frogs and newts.
What do you think of all of this? Science amazes me every day.
3 responses
@4cuteboys (4099)
• United States
13 Apr 07
I saw that too! I think on yahoo or something. So bizarre!
I think it's pretty cool but is it proven? Or just a maybe? I didnt read the whole article!
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@vesuvius (1677)
• Philippines
13 Apr 07
Wow what an odd connection. Chickens and a king of the ancient jungle!?!?!?!
Well, I guess there really are things in this world that we're not destined to understand completely - including the relationships among the primitive and present Earth species.
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