Are chickens really dinosaurs?

In a word, no. In the scheme of animal classification, T. rex and all other tyrannosaurs
tyrannosaurs
Tyrannosauridae is uncontroversially divided into two subfamilies. Albertosaurinae comprises the North American genera Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus, while Tyrannosaurinae includes Daspletosaurus, Teratophoneus, Bistahieversor, Tarbosaurus, Nanuqsaurus, Zhuchengtyrannus, and Tyrannosaurus itself.
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as well as chickens and all other birds all fit into the suborder Theropoda
Theropoda
Theropods first appeared during the Carnian age of the late Triassic period 231.4 million years ago (Ma) and included all the large terrestrial carnivores from the Early Jurassic until at least the close of the Cretaceous, about 66 Ma.
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. Theropods are a large and diverse group of animals that have hollow bones and three-toed limbs in common.
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Are chickens related to dinosaurs?

Chickens

Who are you calling chicken? Birds descended from a group of two-legged dinosaurs known as theropods, the members of which include the powerful predator Tyrannosaurus rex and the smaller Velociraptors.
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Do chickens have DNA of dinosaurs?

Putting more meat on the theory that dinosaurs' closest living relatives are modern-day birds, molecular analysis of a shred of 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex protein — along with that of 21 modern species — confirms that dinosaurs share common ancestry with chickens, ostriches, and to a lesser extent, ...
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Did T. rex turn into a chicken?

In a word, no. In the scheme of animal classification, T. rex and all other tyrannosaurs as well as chickens and all other birds all fit into the suborder Theropoda. Theropods are a large and diverse group of animals that have hollow bones and three-toed limbs in common.
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Are dinosaurs coming back in 2050?

The Adam Smith Institute, a British think tank, has released a new report predicting what life will be like in 2050. According to the report: "Several species of dinosaur will be recreated, making their appearance on Earth for the first time in 66 million years.
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Chickens Are Dinosaurs



What did a chicken evolve from?

Article Series. Most scientists agree that the Southeast Asian Red Junglefowl (gallus gallus) is the primary wild ancestor of chickens.
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What came first chicken or egg?

Back to our original question: with amniotic eggs showing up roughly 340 million or so years ago, and the first chickens evolving at around 58 thousand years ago at the earliest, it's a safe bet to say the egg came first. Eggs were around way before chickens even existed.
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What is the closest thing to a dinosaur today?

In fact, birds are commonly thought to be the only animals around today that are direct descendants of dinosaurs. So next time you visit a farm, take a moment to think about it. All those squawking chickens are actually the closest living relatives of the most incredible predator the world has ever known!
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What dinosaur is still alive?

In an evolutionary sense, birds are a living group of dinosaurs because they descended from the common ancestor of all dinosaurs. Other than birds, however, there is no scientific evidence that any dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus, or Triceratops, are still alive.
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Are dinosaurs still alive in the ocean?

For millions of years, reptiles dominated the Earth. Many that dwelled on land were dinosaurs. But no dinos swam in the seas.
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Are crocodiles dinosaurs yes or no?

Crocodiles are not dinosaurs, but both crocodiles and dinosaurs came from the crown group Archosaurs. Archosaurs were reptiles that included birds, crocodiles, pterosaurs, and dinosaurs. Modern-day birds are descendants of feathered dinosaurs, evolving over the last 65 million years.
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Who first started eating eggs?

According to food historians, humans have been eating eggs for about 6 million years, originally eating them raw from the nests of wild birds. Jungle birds were domesticated for egg production in India by 3200 BC, and it is thought that Ancient Egypt and Ancient China were the first societies to domesticate hens.
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Who laid the first egg?

Dinosaurs laid eggs, the fish that first crawled out of the sea laid eggs, and the weird articulated monsters that swam in the warm shallow seas of the Cambrian Period 500 million years ago also laid eggs. They weren't chicken's eggs, but they were still eggs. So the egg definitely came first.
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Who invented eggs?

Record from China and Egypt show that fowl were domesticated and laying eggs for human consumption around 1400 B.C.E., and there is archaeoligical evidence for egg consumption dating back to the Neolithic age. The Romans found egg-laying hens in England, Gaul, and among the Germans.
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Why do we not eat turkey eggs?

There are health and regulatory concerns with producing turkey eggs as well. Feed ingredients can be transferred from a turkey hen to an egg and the USDA must clear these ingredients as safe for human consumption. And while these ingredients have been cleared for chickens, they have not been cleared for turkeys.
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Is chicken a man made animal?

Chickens are native to the tropical jungles of Southeast Asia, but over the last approximately 8,000 years, chickens have been domesticated and spread around the globe to become one of the most valued domesticated animals.
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Are chickens related to T rex?

The closest living relatives of Tyrannosaurus rex are birds such as chickens and ostriches, according to research published today in Science (and promptly reported in the New York Times).
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Can snakes give live birth?

All boas and their relatives except the enigmatic Calabar boa (Calabaria reinhardtii) give live birth. This includes boa constrictors, rainbow boas, tree boas, sand boas and anacondas. These snakes are primarily found in Central and South America, but a few are found in Africa and Asia.
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Are snakes born from eggs?

Most snakes lay eggs, but there are some families of snakes that do not. Some snakes lay eggs and others give birth to live young.
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What was the first animal on earth?

Earth's first animal was the ocean-drifting comb jelly, not the simple sponge, according to a new find that has shocked scientists who didn't imagine the earliest critter could be so complex. The mystery of the first animal denizen of the planet can only be inferred from fossils and by studying related animals today.
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What does a black egg yolk mean?

While rare, an infection of the oviduct can cause the formation of a rotten egg before it's shelled and laid in the nest. Black—or green or red—inside of an egg is a bright neon sign of infection.
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Who first ate fish?

Isotopic analysis of the skeletal remains of Tianyuan man, a 40,000-year-old modern human from eastern Asia, has shown that he regularly consumed freshwater fish.
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Should humans eat eggs?

Excessive egg consumption is related to cardiovascular problems. It seems obvious, and it is: eggs are foods high in cholesterol, and a high consumption of this substance increases the incidence of cardiovascular disease, including heart problems and stroke, which increases the risk of death.
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Is a penguin a dinosaur?

Penguins are dinosaurs. It's true. Way back in the Jurassic, birds were just one of many, many dinosaur lineages. Extinction wiped out all the rest, leaving avian dinosaurs the only ones still standing.
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What if T. rex was alive today?

rex were alive today, chances are they'd be an endangered species. Their terrifying reputation would be no match for the habitat loss, pollution, and food shortages caused by humans. Because of this, T. rex populations would be a lot smaller, and it's even possible that they would have evolved to be a smaller size.
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