At 06:09 AM Friday 4/13/2007, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > "CHICAGO (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." > > >This bit of information is irrelevant. Since we all descend from the >proto-amphibian "Adam" and "Eve", they might as well said that T.rex >is a distant cousin of the modern frog, or the modern rat, or the >modern snake. > >The *big* question is: is the T.rex a _less_ distant cousin >to the modern chicken then it's a cousin to the modern frog, rat or >snake?
I guess it would help to know if it clucks, croaks, squeaks, or hisses . . . Unless It's Most Closely Related To Parrots And Can Learn To Speak Maru -- Ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
