2006-09-01 18:41:14 · 19 answers · asked by kriemhild 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Egg
2006-09-05 17:41:16 · answer #1 · answered by The Mick "7" 7 · 18⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-09-02 14:54:23 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
Reframing the question
It could be said that the question simply requires one to know the context. Most people thinking of the question automatically think of the timeline and it is in this manner that both the previous evolutionary theory and religious teachings contexts arise. Other potential contexts are:
* Having looked through a dictionary from front to back, which came first? - the chicken or the egg?
* When you walked through the supermarket, which came first? - the chicken or the egg?
* When reading the menu, which came first? - the chicken or the egg?
2006-09-03 00:36:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken
2006-09-02 01:46:20 · answer #4 · answered by Lee J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't exactly use the word "create" to describe how either came into being. It's more like a slow evolutionary process that both developed. Obviously the egg emerged first as it was probably some mutated form of another bird.
I do have to wonder what the taste of food was compared to before chickens came around. (Tastes like pterodactyl?)
2006-09-02 06:30:42 · answer #5 · answered by Ѕємι~Мαđ ŠçїєŋŧιѕТ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Egg, the egg layer evolved into a chicken.
2006-09-02 07:21:44 · answer #6 · answered by djoldgeezer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither - they are co-dependent. The egg contains the chicken and the chicken contains the egg.
2006-09-03 15:46:10 · answer #7 · answered by juexue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
odd little bit of trivia for you:
The first mention of the question "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" that I've come across is in something Plutarch wrote (about 2000 years ago). He suggested it as a good topic for discussion at a dinner party.
2006-09-02 04:06:16 · answer #8 · answered by Rachelc258258 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how could there be a chicken without a chicken? something mutated and formed a chicken EGG. Thus came the chicken afterwards.
2006-09-02 02:11:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg, reptiles layed them long before chickens were created.
2006-09-02 01:46:41 · answer #10 · answered by jadeaaustin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋