June 03, 2005
Sexing Fossils

The Washington Post today carried this article detailing how scientists have managed to determine the sex of at least one Tyrannosaurus rex fossil. Their technique? Turns out a T. rex in the middle of egg laying season has the same sort of extra bone growth that a chicken does. While interesting in and of itself, the find also helps confirm the very close relationship between dinosaurs and birds.

Posted by scott at June 03, 2005 08:29 AM

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