Chickens

The differences from other species and more!

Key Words

-Amniote: amniotic sack; egg sack

-Bilateral: symmetrical body

Tyrannosaurus Rex

How are chickens and the legendary T-Rex similar?

First off, the T-Rex and the chicken share nine traits, this makes them very close on the  large tree of evolution. Even thought the chicken has evolved independently from the T-Rex, they still share several traits. They branched off at the trait for amniotes!

Meerkats

It's hard to take in the fact that chickens did actually share the same ancestor with a meerkat. Chickens and meerkats share six common traits, even though they evolved independently. They are both amniotes and thats where they branched off.

Potter Wasp

The last trait that both wasp and chicken share is the bilateria trait. Their ancestor is over 800 million years old!! 

Humans

We share six traits with chickens! The last trait we share before a branch off is that we are both amniotes. Our common ancestor is about 300 million years old!