Board Thread:Fossil Fuels/@comment-3213993-20140709225627/@comment-1259419-20140804163324

John Alfred Hammond, CEO wrote: Okay, I don't want to be that guy, but has the Chickenosaurus project proven anything? So it seems like this is in no way relating Chickens to dinosaurs, it has to do with genetic tampering of gene switches. Ergo, not proving chickens evolved from dinosaurs (not that I don't think birds evolved from dinosaurs, but simply clarifying the purpose of the Chickenosaur Project)

Aim of the project is to create atavisms in extant birds to resurrect their non-avian body-plan. Chickens were chosen for the same reason Henry Wu choose frogs, because it is an easily handled and already well-studied organism. Both physiologically and genetically.

Collector1 wrote: All I can say is to think twice before accepting some of Jack's theories.

He was right more often than most paleontologists. Don't let you Spinosaurus-issue trouble your judgement.