r/interestingasfuck 29d ago

/r/all Chick with genetic defect

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u/RavenEridan 29d ago

Ik but obviously chickens and other birds weren't DIRECT descendants of dinosaurs, that's just silly

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u/longingrustedfurnace 29d ago

How is it silly? All dinosaurs would’ve had a common ancestor that was also a dinosaur, meaning anything that descended from the common ancestor of velociraptors and sauropods, including birds, is a direct descendant of dinosaurs. Phylogenetically speaking, that makes birds dinosaurs.

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u/RavenEridan 29d ago

Never thought of it that way, thanks I guess