Dinosaur bones show T. rex link to birds

Reuters ^ | 2005-06-02 | Maggie Fox

[dread78645]

T.Rexdidit pang

[Onelifetogive]

"This is another piece to the puzzle and there are a lot of them," he said. "Anyone who would argue that birds and dinosaurs are not related -- frankly I'd put them in the Flat Earth Society group."

Ahhhhh.....more "tolerance" for "diversity"....

[trisham]

"This is another piece to the puzzle and there are a lot of them," he said. "Anyone who would argue that birds and dinosaurs are not related -- frankly I'd put them in the Flat Earth Society group."

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I guess no one can now question his findings or interpretation thereof.

[digger48]

I thought this was pretty well concluded back when I was a kid.

Publik Skewl Edumacation, ya know.

[balrog666]

Dinosaurs among us!

[ARCADIA]

Soft tissue?! I was under the impression that most dinosaur bones were simply fossilized (stone) inprints of the actual remains. Did someone actually find something that we can extract a DNA map from?

[nesnah]

"Mary Higby Schweitzer of North Carolina State University in Raleigh"

Proud alumni WOLFPACK ping!!!!!!

[balrog666]

Ahhhhh.....more "tolerance" for "diversity"....

So. You're a leftist?

[tahotdog]

This is some tranosaur meat from that leg bone which they had to break in half a couple months ago to get it on a small helicopter which was the only they had for getting it out of the site where they found it. This is the MSNBC link

Doesn't really look 70 million years old, does it?

[MeanWestTexan]

I am curious if there is any salvagable DNA, as well.

Would answer many questions.

[Onelifetogive]

So. You're a leftist?

Not at all. Leftists always claim to support tolerance and diversity, but always end up insulting and name-calling anyone who disagrees with them.....

This guy seems a lot like a leftist to me....

[Modernman]

Doesn't really look 70 million years old, does it?

Well, seeing that it was found in a 70 million year-old bone, how old could it be?

[balrog666]

Not at all. Leftists always claim to support tolerance and diversity, but always end up insulting and name-calling anyone who disagrees with them..... This guy seems a lot like a leftist to me....

Just what a leftist would say.

[Millee]

Looks like a menu from a sushi bar. :)

[Stark_GOP]

"A Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur that died 68 million years ago..."
"...contained preserved soft tissue..."
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How can soft tissue still be soft (or exist) after 68 million years? Oil of Olay?

[tahotdog]

How can soft tissue still be soft (or exist) after 68 million years?

It can't.

[evets]

[Modernman]

How can soft tissue still be soft (or exist) after 68 million years? Oil of Olay?

Basically, one in a million circumstances led to the perfect environment for preservation. It's incredibly rare, but it can happen.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

A Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur that died 68 million years ago has provided some of the strongest evidence yet that birds are the closest-living relatives of dinosaurs, scientists said on Thursday.

I'm sold. Chickens look like little dinosaurs to me.