2006-06-06 03:25:53 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
The chicken came first. It both male and female were created. Then the chicken reproduced and laid an egg.
2006-06-06 03:27:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg came first. Actually a geneticist has just cleared this question last month. Professor John Brookfield, a genetics expert from Nottingham University, said the first chicken must have started out as an embryo in an egg. This means the organism in the eggshell would have the same DNA as the chicken. He explained that the reason was due to the fact that genetic material does not change during an animal's life.
Professor Brookfield said: "The first living thing which we could say unequivocally was a member of the species would be this first egg, so I would conclude that the egg came first."
Professor David Papineau, an expert in the philosophy of science at King's College, London agreed that the first chicken came from an egg and this proves there were chicken eggs before chickens.
"I would argue it is a chicken egg if it has a chicken in it," said Prof Papineau.
"If a kangaroo laid an egg from which an ostrich hatched, that would surely be an ostrich egg, not a kangaroo egg," he added.
2006-06-06 03:33:48 · answer #2 · answered by Gerardo G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg came before the chicken. Why? According to evolution, animals with different genes either died or survived, passing down their genes. Thus, evolution occurred, and something evolved into the chicken. Before the chicken was created, that "something" (that was the chicken's ancestor) laid an egg, and the chicken came out. Evolution is scientifically supported. Creationism isn't.
It doesn't matter that much, but it's a deep and interesting question and conflict between science and some religions. The conflict won't be resolved because many religious groups decide to pick and choose among the scientific evidence available, and they only choose the evidence that doesn't conflict with their religious beliefs. Also, it's part of the evolutionary theories.
2006-06-06 03:30:19 · answer #3 · answered by King Yellow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why the big deal with this question?
The answer is quite straightforward. Eggs came before chickens, simply because eggs were laid by all sorts of animals before the one that we call 'chicken' evolved.
It matters because it's a fundamental misunderstanding of the Bible - and of the nature of Creation - to say that all things were created 'in the beginning' as they exist today.
2006-06-06 03:32:00 · answer #4 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which came first - the egg or the chicken ? "The Egg" came first - in the sentence of the question. If the question is phrased differently, the answer is different.
2006-06-06 03:29:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on what your belief system is. If you beleive in creation then the chicken could have been created instantly and plopped down on earth just like that. If you beleive in evolution then the chicken probably was a fish that one day formed wings or something and decided to try to fly. I don't know if it is important but it is apparently interesting.
2006-06-06 03:29:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Webster's opinion, the chicken came first. I dont know why this matters, but its certainly costing the world a lot of money.
2006-06-06 03:28:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friends and I all ask that. We figured probably the chicken, because it had to evolve from something and I've never heard of eggs evolving into another species. This info is also pretty interesting:
http://www.galactic-guide.com/articles/6R37.html
http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hansb/religion/chickenegg.html
2006-06-06 03:30:39 · answer #8 · answered by Ted (Guitar Legend) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Egg, according to Yahoo news about a week ago.
2006-06-06 03:30:01 · answer #9 · answered by blackninja92 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The farmer! Becausee he takes care of the chicken until he gets hungry!
2006-06-06 03:28:09 · answer #10 · answered by jab92593 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋