Why scientists put dinosaur snouts on chickens

Scientists have transformed chicken embryos to give them a snout and palate configuration similar to that of small dinosaurs like Velociraptor and Archaeopteryx.

Using the fossil record as a guide, the researchers conducted the first successful reversion of a bird’s skull features.

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"How To Build A Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn’t Have to be Forever." – Dinosaur Expert Jack Horner cooking up Chickenosaurus at Montana State University http://www.matr.net/article-47184.html