Dinosaur research backs link to birds

AP on Yahoo ^ | 4/14/07 | Randolph E. Schmid - ap

[NormsRevenge]

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Science: http://www.sciencemag.org

[NormsRevenge]

An man makes final touches on the skull of the world's largest Tyrannosaurus Rex, Sue at the National Science Museum in Tokyo in 2005. US researchers have identified microscopic traces of soft tissue taken from a 68 million-year-old T-rex fossil in a startling discovery that is yielding clues to evolutionary links between dinosaurs and birds, a study released Thursday said.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)

[Thickman]

Mmmmm! Tastes like chicken.

[NormsRevenge]

A Tyrannosaurus rex femur bone is shown in this undated photograph. 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. The study results were published in the April 13, 2007 edition of the journal 'Science.' (- c Science/Handout/Reuters)

[NormsRevenge]

Eggs-acktly

[Rokke]

OK, all evolution/creation debating aside...these “scientists” used their unlimited resources of brain power and technology and determined the T-Rex is related to either a chicken, a newt or a frog?!!? Or maybe a dung beetle...or perhaps a bison...or maybe a leach. Please tell me my tax dollars had no part in this.

[zarf]

Why are you afraid of scientific research?

Does human exploration of space bother you too?

Do you watch the Trinity Broadcasting Network?

Are you a mouth breather?

You're scary.

[garylmoore]

68 million-year-old huh? How can that be when their process of telling the age of something is so acurate that tested on a live elephant to be 3000 years old?

[Rokke]

You think a conclusion that something is either a chicken a frog or a newt is good science and call me scary? Based on your goofy list of questions, I guess I can understand why you might see a close relationship between chickens and newts. Like I said, I just hope my tax dollars had nothing to do with this "science".

[endthematrix]

"Previously, the bird-dinosaur relationship was based on similarities in the shape of bones"

...and the fact some fossils have feathers.

[I see my hands]

[Rokke]

Cool looking frog. ; )

[endthematrix]

Ever think this experiment (growth, survival and transformation of mammalian cells) is about curing cancer?

[Al Simmons]

"You think a conclusion that something is either a chicken a frog or a newt is good science and call me scary? Based on your goofy list of questions, I guess I can understand why you might see a close relationship between chickens and newts. Like I said, I just hope my tax dollars had nothing to do with this "science"."

If this quote is representative of your overall ability to understand scientific text, I thank God you'll never be piloting any plane I'm gonna be in....

[Rokke]

"Ever think this experiment (growth, survival and transformation of mammalian cells) is about curing cancer?"

Might as well be. It seems to encompass just about everything else.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Related to is one thing, but evolutionary links? Maybe I'm not up on my science lingo, but, a dinosaur turning into a bird doesn't sound like much evolving to me.

[Rokke]

"If this quote is representative of your overall ability to understand scientific text, I thank God you'll never be piloting any plane I'm gonna be in...."

Scientific text? Looks like an AP article to me. But if you're happy with these tight scientific conclusions, you probably don't need an airplane to enjoy the flight your on.

[CountryBumpkin]

The tests are coarse-grained. Depending on the quality and amount of the sample and how much time is spent on testing, the results are accurate to within anywhere from thousands to tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of years. Perhaps not meaningful for evaluating recent history, but invaluable for reconstructing time lines and lineages spanning eons.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Is it then mammalian revenge then driving my satisfaction with a spicy-chicken sandwich? Well, pile on the jalapenos for my relatives!