I'll be jiggered:
"By comparing the DNA sequences of birds ranging from the crow, duck and pigeon to the eagle, ostrich and woodpecker, the researchers discovered that the domestic chicken is the nearest thing we have today to a living dinosaur, with the most primitive chromosome pattern." The whole story about where birds came from here: Revealed: The secret of how birds evolved from dinosaurs, lost their teeth and learned to sing http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/revealed-the-secret-of-how-birds-evolved-from-dinosaurs-lost-their-teeth-and-learned-to-sing-9918755.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/revealed-the-secret-of-how-birds-evolved-from-dinosaurs-lost-their-teeth-and-learned-to-sing-9918755.html Revealed: The secret of how birds evolved from dinosaur... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/revealed-the-secret-of-how-birds-evolved-from-dinosaurs-lost-their-teeth-and-learned-to-sing-9918755.html Scientists have discovered when hens lost their teeth, why penguins have a thick skin, how the peacock got its tail and what links the song of the nightingale wi... View on www.independent.co.uk http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/revealed-the-secret-of-how-birds-evolved-from-dinosaurs-lost-their-teeth-and-learned-to-sing-9918755.html Preview by Yahoo
