Is T. Rex Related to Chickens?

[Ivan Seeking]

CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- Tiny bits of protein extracted from a 68-million-year-old dinosaur bone have given scientists the first genetic proof that the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex is a distant cousin to the modern chicken. [continued]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/04/12/dinosaur.reut/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

 

[Type 7]

I think this is a huge discovery! I was hoping others would post comments because I don't know enough about paleontology myself. I recall reading about the finding of T.Rex soft tissue a couple of years back and wondering what discoveries it would lead to. More on the way I hope.

Thanks for posting the link!

 

[Ouabache]

Pretty neat! They also featured this on NPRs "Science Friday" last week. You can listen an interview with the researchers http://216.35.221.77/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9568548