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2006-08-14 07:57:35 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
the chicken
2006-08-14 08:02:03 · answer #1 · answered by Jessica 3 · 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.
2006-08-14 18:57:36 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The crux of the matter is how to biologically define 'a chicken'. What level of genetic similarity or structural similarity determine whether an organism is a chicken? One can only define what was the first chicken after the fact, thus any definition of the first chicken becomes arbitrary. The question 'which came first?' ignores the complicated reality of speciation. The concept of species is an abstraction intended to categorize a broad swath of genomes and their subsequent phenomes. If one were to do away with approximate categories, each individual 'chicken' actually represents a unique genotype. Under this definition, if a 'chicken' possessing genome A were to lay an egg possessing genome B, then an egg of genome B is antecedent to an animal possessing genome B and that the parent--genome A--is antecedent to, yet different from the egg of genome B. Hence, in an absolute sense, the egg came before the 'chicken.'
2006-08-14 15:12:11 · answer #3 · answered by ole_gimlet_eye 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The egg.
If we assume that the Evolution Theory is right, then chicken is a mutation, which means some OTHER bird (but closely related to chicken) laid the egg first. THEN, the chicken was hatched.
Another approach is to say that eggs are evolutionarily older than birds. Reptiles used them long before birds came along.
2006-08-14 15:22:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, Studies have shown that life started with a single cell organism. This was figured by the adaptation that they grew to multiple cells which were mammals. So the correct answer would be "The chicken came before the egg. The truth lies within the following equation. If you can figure this out then we shall all know. How many sea shells she sells down by the seashore x how many pickles peter piper really picked. lol
2006-08-14 21:57:03 · answer #5 · answered by Wolfie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The chicken. If the egg came first, where would a chicken be to sit on it to hatch it.
2006-08-14 15:18:20 · answer #6 · answered by caboomer_d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the egg, no wait, the chicken. awe crap you confused me.lol Its one of the greatest questions that know one can truly answer. if your religious, god created a chicken, so the chicken would be first. if you believe in evo, chicken is derived from some other bird, so then the question will repeat itself about the other bird.
2006-08-14 15:05:44 · answer #7 · answered by towelboy70 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the Religious Book of the Muslims the Holy Koran, The chicken came first. It is written in the Koran pls do refer it and you will understand.
2006-08-14 15:04:23 · answer #8 · answered by Shaik Umar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken. God created all of his creatures whole. Or, if you go the evolution route, it takes a chicken to lay a chicken. Chicken came first no matter which way you look at it.
2006-08-14 15:02:08 · answer #9 · answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Chickens are females... so I would have to say the egg. Females always come second hahahaha
2006-08-14 21:08:40 · answer #10 · answered by tootsie45414 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the chicken, the egg is just a by-product to make sure the chicken lives forever.
2006-08-14 15:02:28 · answer #11 · answered by Han_dang 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋