Board Thread:Fossil Fuels/@comment-3213993-20140709225627/@comment-6493791-20140802220114

Okay, I don't want to be that guy, but has the Chickenosaurus project proven anything? We already know evolution occurs, and this project simply reinforces that. But in terms of dinosaurs evolving into birds, this project doesn't seem to prove anything. Correct me if I'm wrong, but last time I checked, the Chickenosaur Project was a recent experiment dealing with genetically "Switching-on" genes to develop dinosaur traits (teeth, tail vertebrae, etc.) Now, I'm also aware that human's too have gene's for all of these traits as well (mutated humans have more vertebrae, skin disorders, etc.) 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)