which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Answer 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.

"The egg came first.

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.

Answer 2

This is a question which I've first heard when I was young. Of course a hen came from an egg, and an egg came from a hen. Our common solution by that time was tossing a coin. Heads for hen and tails for eggs LOL. To answer your question which was first, its simply neither of the two. All things came from eggs, but a hen cannot give birth to err.. an egg without fertilization. Simply its not egg or chicken that was first, but a rooster. Some genetic stuffs can happen to a rooster and make it to lay eggs. ( I'm glad humans dont have that, I dont wanna lay eggs / be pregnant LOL ) By the time a rooster lays eggs, its already considered a chicken. Guess they came at the same time LOL. Scientifically I find this amazing. But well, you can always do your extra research if you're not convinced. :P

Answer 3

The Egg.

It was laid by a near-species of the chicken (let's call it the cave chicken). This cave chicken laid several eggs, most of them hatched cave chickens, but one hatched into a mutated cave chicken, which had better genetic traits, and survived longer. This was called the chicken. As this survived longer, it was able to spread it's genes further, and eventually produced more chickens. The cave chickens died out, due to being inferior, and the chicken prevailed to this date.

Answer 4

Of course, chicken. If you don't believe me, see the dictionary for yourself.

Well, if you are referring to evolution, then too chicken. Whatever chicken might have evolved from, the genetic modifications could not have happened in the egg, it ought to have happened in the pre-chicken to evolve into the modern chicken.

Answer 5

The chicken came first, then through evolution they became egg-layers.

Answer 6

the chicken, b'coz god first created it and then the eggs will come out they cant give eggs first if they do so who will protect them? who will keep them warm?how will they grow if the chicken is not there.it should get some warmth from their mothers.

Answer 7

chicken mom,after that a rooster.Both worked very hard they did not knew how,at last little egg was fact.

Answer 8

Egg.

Answer 9

the chicken.. coz God only decided to create the egg when He realized He didnt have a way to reproduce chickens.. so he created eggs!

haha well that's a pretty decent theory there ;)

Answer 10

chicken came first, because the God first created it and then made it to lay egg.