what came first the egg or the chicken i really do wanna know?

Answer 1

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."

Answer 2

At some point, in the course of evolution, there was a species of bird that we'll call a "not-quite-chicken."

A spontaneous mutation occurred in either one of its sperm or its ovum, and the resulting animal was a true chicken. The first true chicken came from an egg that was laid by its mother, who was a "not-quite chicken."

So, using that line of reasoning, you could say that the egg came first.

Answer 3

The chicken (and a rooster) It would look kind of strange to see two eggs walking up the plank to get on Noah's ark

Answer 4

the egg of course. dinosaurs were reptiles and only laid eggs. they of course came before the chicken.

Answer 5

the chicken evolved form the dinasaur called the raptor, so i guess the chicken

Answer 6

the chicken

Answer 7

the egg.

Answer 8

I have heard that before but it just only joke or riddle.There is no answer but GOD know it.

Answer 9

cant say any thing about it