Holywood or Hollywood?

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DNA analysis shows that chickens are more similar to Tyrannosaurus Rex than any other living animal.
Not sure how "they" came up with that conclusion since the half life of DNA under ideal conditions is 521 years, meaning under 2M years its completely unreadable.
 

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Judging by the extent of this investigation this could be the death of Rap. How good would that be? 🌟
 

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I love science. As long as it IS science and not a hunch handed down by an “authority”.
The proposition that "DNA analysis shows that chickens are more similar to Tyrannosaurus Rex than any other living animal." is what we who studied science call "arm waving speculation". Why? Because the half life of DNA under ideal conditions is 521 years, meaning under 2M years its completely unreadable with respect to its original coding. Which means you need well preserved T-Rex remains that are well under 2M years old. Meanwhile they are fossil dated at about 66Myo.
 

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The proposition that "DNA analysis shows that chickens are more similar to Tyrannosaurus Rex than any other living animal." is what we who studied science call "arm waving speculation". Why? Because the half life of DNA under ideal conditions is 521 years, meaning under 2M years its completely unreadable with respect to its original coding. Which means you need well preserved T-Rex remains that are well under 2M years old. Meanwhile they are fossil dated at about 66Myo.


A wise man once said “history is the mississippi of lies” .
 

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I don't disagree, but it doesn't alter the requirements of comparing DNA of T-Rex and a chicken.


We’ll have to stay tuned for that .

I always thought that a kangaroo’s forefathers may have been been the likes of the T Rex, but it’s probably not going to turn out to be a fact.
 

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Judging by the extent of this investigation this could be the death of Rap. How good would that be? 🌟

I would bet that there are more Hollywood personalities worried about the investigation than there are rappers. Combs was rubbing elbows (and apparently other appendages) with a lot of celebrities.
 
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