T. Rex's Family Tree

A comparison of T. rex bone proteins and similar proteins from a variety of living animals has helped clarify the dinosaur's place on the evolutionary tree, showing that the 7-ton carnivore is more closely related to modern birds than lizards.

This Story T. Rex Closer to Gizzards Than Lizards Article \| Protein retrieved from a 68 millon-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex bone closely resembles the main protein in chicken and ostrich bones and is only distantly related to lizards', strengthening the popular idea that birds, and not reptiles, are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs. T. Rex's Family Tree		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Newsvine del.icio.us Stumble It! Reddit Facebook myspace COMMENT Discussion Policy Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic
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