2006-08-12 09:38:15 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
there is an aswer to this question, which I cannot reveal here, do to the rules
2006-08-12 09:40:55 · answer #1 · answered by G. M. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It does sound puzzling at first, but how much does one have to think until one realizes that both chicken and egg must necessarily have come from something that is neither a chicken nor an egg? This answer was knowable centuries before biology came about, yet people assumed there was some unsolvable mystery behind the issue.
The modern chicken is generally believed to be a descendant of "Archaeopteryx", the oldest known bird. This 150 million year old resident of the Jurassic period laid eggs, and at some point of time, evolved into an animal that was one generation away from being a proper chicken.
DNA mutations occur in the early stages of life of organisms. As you know, when new cells divide, the DNA within the nucleus separates nucleotides and duplicates, then two new helix are formed. The amino acids responsible for mitosis are prone to make mistakes to the genetic architecture-- a beautiful system of flaws that cause evolution and diversity in species. It's like the reason why children will look like their parents, but not approximately, they are a combination of both parent's ancestor genetic history and the result of new combinations in the DNA helix.
So according to fossil research, before the chicken was the "proto-chicken" and this bird was almost chicken, but not quite. Well this proto-chicken laid an egg with a mutation, and the interior change of the DNA was enough that the exterior of the new bird could be thought of as a new species.
2006-08-12 10:08:06 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is probably one of the easiest questions I've ever answered. The egg came first. We have abundant evidence of egg laying creatures that existed millions of years before the chicken evolved. Indeed those birds believed to be direct ancestors of the modern day chicken and from which chickens directly evolved were egg laying creatures. So eggs were around LONG before chickens.
2006-08-12 18:17:25 · answer #3 · answered by capt_sheffield 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Which came first - the chicken or the egg? "The chicken" came first - in the sentence of the question. If the question is phrased differently, the answer is different.
2006-08-16 03:59:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken came first. If you asked, what came first egg or chicken, the answer is egg. Hope you got the idea.
2006-08-12 09:42:42 · answer #5 · answered by klay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's like asking which came first--the human or the fetus. The fetus needs the human to already be there to form. Just like the egg needs the chicken the be there to lay on it and hatch it.
2006-08-12 09:43:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the fossil record, there were eggs a long time before there were chickens.
2006-08-12 09:45:00 · answer #7 · answered by F. Frederick Skitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look at what they say about procreation
The chicken would be the logical answer so that it could breed by laying the egg,
Have great day
2006-08-12 09:42:40 · answer #8 · answered by witchfromoz2003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the dictionary: chicken
In your sentence: chicken
In evolution: egg
Reason: there were prehistoric animals that laid eggs that in later generations evolved into birds and specifically, chickens
2006-08-12 09:46:06 · answer #9 · answered by Karen J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best I ever heard was a third grader told his teacher, 'The chicken'.
When asked why, - 'Because I don't think that god would lay an egg'. ;-)
2006-08-12 09:46:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mind boggling.. coz if the chicken came first... then where did the chicken come from? that would be the egg.. but then again.. where did the chicken come from that laid the egg?... wow.. good one.. ^_^
2006-08-16 02:50:16 · answer #11 · answered by liebe_gott 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋