2006-06-12 01:48:02 · 6 answers · asked by thony brown 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
A team made up of a geneticist, philosopher and chicken farmer claim to have found an answer. It was the egg.
Put simply, the reason is down to the fact that genetic material does not change during an animal's life.
Therefore the first bird that evolved into what we would call a chicken, probably in prehistoric times, must have first existed as an embryo inside an egg.
Professor John Brookfield, a specialist in evolutionary genetics at the University of Nottingham, told the UK Press Association the pecking order was clear.
The living organism inside the eggshell would have had the same DNA as the chicken it would develop into, he said.
"Therefore, the first living thing which we could say unequivocally was a member of the species would be this first egg," he added. "So, I would conclude that the egg came first."
The same conclusion was reached by his fellow "eggsperts" Professor David Papineau, of King's College London, and poultry farmer Charles Bourns.
Mr Papineau, an expert in the philosophy of science, agreed that the first chicken came from an egg and that proves there were chicken eggs before chickens.
He told PA people were mistaken if they argued that the mutant egg belonged to the "non-chicken" bird parents.
"I would argue it is a chicken egg if it has a chicken in it," he said.
"If a kangaroo laid an egg from which an ostrich hatched, that would surely be an ostrich egg, not a kangaroo egg."
Bourns, chairman of trade body Great British Chicken, said he was also firmly in the pro-egg camp.
He said: "Eggs were around long before the first chicken arrived. Of course, they may not have been chicken eggs as we see them today, but they were eggs."
2006-06-12 01:56:30 · answer #1 · answered by VinTek 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well let's think about this.
The bible says God created Adam. And from Adam he created woman (Eve). NJow it does not say a word about changing Adams diaper. Or warming his bottle. Correct? So it would be possible to assume that Adam and Eve were created as adults. Yes? And as such, adult were capable of farming and picking fruit and vegtables to live on.
So why would the same not be for the chicken? There is nothing to warm or protect the egg, so how was the egg to survive? I would think God created a full grown chicken that laid the egg. This gives the egg the protection and warmth it need to hatch, and an adult chicken to feed the young. Just like Adam and Eve, who were self reliant and caple of reproducing and taking care of such off springs.
So to answer your question, it had to be the Chicken.
2006-06-18 23:10:43 · answer #2 · answered by jnrockwall@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the chicken because if you belive in science the animals came from the water and evolved but as im writing this it appears to me that a other animal simmilar to a chicken could have layed an egg and the creature the animal we today call the chicken could have came out there are millions of possibilities but im leaning towards chicken
2006-06-12 09:02:36 · answer #3 · answered by bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go ye into the world and multiply(biblical reference) therefore the chicken came first
2006-06-12 09:53:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the chicken.
because it didn't say in the bible,
"and God made eggs"
=D
2006-06-12 08:57:00 · answer #5 · answered by oo00oo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chicken...
because the bible never mention god made a egg
in this world...
2006-06-12 11:31:54 · answer #6 · answered by kath06phil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋