The wishbone or furcula is the fusion of a bird’s two collarbones (clavicles) into a single structure. The furcula is attached to the shoulders, and may also be fused to the sternum (breastbone) or simply attached with a strong, stiff tendon.

Humans do not have a wishbone, but we do have two clavicles, although not fused together.

The wishbone, or furcula, of birds is composed of the two fused clavicles; a crescent-shaped clavicle is present under the pectoral fin of some fish. In humans the two clavicles, on either side of the anterior base of the neck, are horizontal, S-curved rods that articulate…

The wishbone, located between the turkey’s neck and breast, is formed by the fusion of the bird’s clavicles at the base of its sternum.

The furcula (“little fork” in Latin) or wishbone is a forked bone found in birds and some other species of dinosaurs, and is formed by the fusion of the two clavicles. In birds, its primary function is in the strengthening of the thoracic skeleton to withstand the rigors of flight.

Birds are the only group of dinosaurs that survived the extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years ago. Your holiday turkey is a saurischian dinosaur, like Apatosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, and Velociraptor. The ancestors of dinosaurs had a hipbone, the pubis, which pointed forward.

Plan your cooking time in advance to make sure you get the bird in the oven early enough to cook it thoroughly. A large turkey can take several hours to cook properly, and eating undercooked turkey (or other poultry) could cause food poisoning.

You may have heard about this, but indeed chickens are closely related to dinosaurs. A 68 million years old Tyrannosaurus Rex DNA was compared to DNA of 21 modern species of animals and from the analysis researchers found out that chickens are the closest one.

Other than birds, however, there is no scientific evidence that any dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus, or Triceratops, are still alive. These, and all other non-avian dinosaurs became extinct at least 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period.

ostriches

Although figures vary from study to study, it’s currently generally accepted that chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and their close relatives the bonobos (Pan paniscus) are both humans’ closest-living relatives, with each species sharing around 98.7% of our DNA.

10 Living Descendants and Relatives of Dinosaurs

• Sea Turtles.
• Ostriches.
• Snakes.
• Sharks.
• Crustaceans.
• Bees.
• Duck-Billed Platypuses.
• Tuatara Lizards. All lizards and reptiles are closely related to dinosaurs, but none more so than tuatara lizards.

Triceratops

crocodiles

Nigersaurus

Great White Sharks

Dinosaurs are a group of reptiles that have lived on Earth for about 245 million years. In 1842, the English naturalist Sir Richard Owen coined the term Dinosauria, derived from the Greek deinos, meaning “fearfully great,” and sauros, meaning “lizard.” Dinosaur fossils have been found on all seven continents.

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Human teeth are made up of four different types of tissue: pulp, dentin, enamel, and cementum. The pulp is the innermost portion of the tooth and consists of connective tissue , nerves, and blood vessels, which nourish the tooth.

Teeth are not bones. Yes, both are white in color and they do indeed store calcium, but that’s where their similarities end.

Are Teeth Considered Bones? Teeth and bones look similar and share some commonalities, including being the hardest substances in your body. But teeth aren’t actually bone. This misconception might arise from the fact that both contain calcium.

Teeth consist mostly of hard, inorganic minerals like calcium. They also contain nerves, blood vessels and specialized cells. But they are not bones.