tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post117671836370096450..comments2023-10-20T21:46:49.945+08:00Comments on Philippine Commentary: Tyrannosaurus Rex Probably Tasted Like Chicken!Deany Bocobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443168826029321831noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1176797633011461622007-04-17T16:13:00.000+08:002007-04-17T16:13:00.000+08:00indeed. very fascinating. one of the guys on digg ...indeed. very fascinating. <BR/><BR/>one of the guys on digg or dvork.org/blog, i forget which, wrote this in reaction to the T'Rex-chicken link when it came out a few days ago: <BR/><BR/>finally answer to which came first: the chicken or the egg? the dinosaur.Cocoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03079637494529705906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1176788934529312502007-04-17T13:48:00.000+08:002007-04-17T13:48:00.000+08:00"Did feathers evolve for other reasons aside from ...<I>"Did feathers evolve for other reasons aside from flight?"</I><BR/><BR/>Temperature regulation, if dinosaurs were warm-blooded. Smaller dinosaurs would have feathers or some other covering while large dinosaurs would probably be naked since their large size would help keep their temperatures at an optimum level. We see this today. More massive mammals are relatively hairless. <BR/><BR/>Also, not all modern birds fly but have feathers nevertheless.Jegohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11806891595153451306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14974164.post-1176786321490497952007-04-17T13:05:00.000+08:002007-04-17T13:05:00.000+08:00What really is amazing is that proteins can be fou...What really is amazing is that proteins can be found in 65-70 million year old fossils.<BR/><BR/>The Tyrannosaur-bird link is no longer much questioned. Morphological similarities imply close phylogenetic relationships between some dinosaurs and birds.<BR/><BR/>Interesting questions now include "Did feathers evolve for other reasons aside from flight?"<BR/><BR/>But we have to be careful about inferring more than what the data can tell us.<BR/><BR/>Collagen similarities can be a product of convergent evolution.Ben Vallejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963290696331676531noreply@blogger.com