Re:Marine bacteria genus may hold mitochondria's closest rel...
by isaacfrond on Thursday November 30, 2023 @04:06AM
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Actually, Archaeopteryx is not an ancestor to chickens either...
Archaeopteryx is offshoot in the evolutionary path leading to birds. It shares a common ancestor with modern birds but branched off in a direction that did not lead directly to them.
Archaeopteryx lived in the Jurassic, so it's not really possible that chicken descended from the T Rex. They're cousins though.