2006-07-16 06:23:57 · 18 answers · asked by binudada92 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
an eggless hen which due to environmental conditions evolved into a egg laying hen
2006-07-16 06:30:51 · answer #1 · answered by nickless 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg came first, but from another type of bird that just happened to produce the first hen.
2006-07-16 06:41:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg came first, of course. Chickens (including hens) are human-engineered domesticates, selectively bred to emphasize certain traits. The ancestors of what we know as chickens were laying eggs long before chickens existed. The first "chickens" that were categorized as such all hatched from eggs.
2006-07-16 08:58:26 · answer #3 · answered by forbidden_planet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hen
2006-07-16 06:30:44 · answer #4 · answered by crash352005 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Egg. .....because the hen had to come out of an egg.
2006-07-16 06:33:40 · answer #5 · answered by Dude! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Been asked and answered a hundred times before. God created the animals first, so the chicken came before the egg. End of conflict.
2006-07-16 17:36:14 · answer #6 · answered by The Nana of Nana's 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hen,because egg itself won't survive without hen
2006-07-16 06:43:59 · answer #7 · answered by Nazanin H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg. Reptiles, amphibians, and fish came before birds, and all of them are egg-layers.
So from a biological standpoint, the egg came first. Snakes, crocs, and froggies were laying eggs before chickens even existed!
2006-07-16 16:05:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
technically a hen came first because they had to evolve from reptiles during the late cretaceous, in order for them to reproduce the adapted their earlier reptilian method of reprodution through egg production.
2006-07-16 17:01:52 · answer #9 · answered by teoevi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hen b/c the egg has to be incubated and fertilized by the rooster
2006-07-21 06:38:52 · answer #10 · answered by Missy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋