• @grue@lemmy.world
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    22 years ago

    Is it really chickens specifically that are the closest relative, not any other bird?

      • @angrystego@lemmy.world
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        22 years ago

        Nope. That’s just a shitty article. Here you can read that 1) what they compared was not T-rex’s DNA, it was collagen and 2) the results confirmed the closest relatives to dinosaurs were birds in general, not chicken. By the way, dinosaur DNA might indeed have already been found (in a hadrosaurid called Hypacrosaurus), but it’s not entirely sure yet.

        • @Cabrio@lemmy.world
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          22 years ago

          So it’s inclusive of ostriches and not exclusive of chickens, so what I said was entirely correct just incomplete.

          • @angrystego@lemmy.world
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            22 years ago

            angry

            Technically yes. You forgot to include all other birds. Chicken and ostriches are mentioned at the beginning of the article as examples of birds.