• Question: is it true that the TREX evolved into the chicken

    Asked by 573evnb35 to Adam, Emily, Thad, Thomas on 12 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Thomas Clements

      Thomas Clements answered on 12 Mar 2015:

      No, this is not true sadly. Although birds evolved from dinosaurs they evolved from the group that velociraptor belonged to not the tyrannosaurids.

    • Photo: Thaddeus Aid

      Thaddeus Aid answered on 12 Mar 2015:

      Hi,

      Unfortunately this isn’t true, but what is true is that the chicken is believed to be the closest living relative to the T-Rex! The cousins of the T-Rex are those that evolved into birds and then became chickens, but it is because the ancestors of the chickens were so closely related to the T-Rex that people believe this.

      I hope that answers your question!

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