Protein links T.Rex to chickens

[Talysia]

I was fascinated when I read this. I've always known about the links between dinosaurs and birds, but still...

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Protein links T. rex to chickens

 

[HardScienceFan]

Ooh,thanx for that one,Ta

 

[nromanek]

Whenever I eat an ostrich burger, I like to imagine I'm at that drive thru burger place in The Flintstones.

One Tyrannosaurus locomotion models, I once heard, was that it might have waddled like a duck - which kind of makes sense to me. A gigantic, multi-ton, flesh-ripping duck.

 

[Rosemary]

A very interesting article Talysia, thank you. It seems that every day new technology is being created to help in this particular study.

It is articles like this that have been making me wish I had been a scientist or an archaeologist!