Age old question , which came first the chicken or the egg ?

Answer 1

The egg.No, the chicken. GOD I DONT KNOW!!

Answer 2

The chicken or the egg is a reference to the causality dilemma which arises from the expression "which came first, the chicken or the egg?". Since both the chicken and the egg create the other in certain circumstances (a chicken emerges from an egg; an egg is laid by a chicken) it is ambiguous which originally gave rise to the other. Purely logical attempts to resolve the dilemma result in an infinite regress, since an egg was caused by a chicken, which was caused by an egg, etc. Since every chicken originates from its egg, it seems obvious the egg came first. Put simply, the reason is down to the fact that genetic material does not change during an animal's life. The solution may require an examination of syntax and may rely on verification from advances in modern genetic science. When used in reference to difficult problems of causality, the chicken and egg dilemma is often used to appeal to the futility of debate and lay it to rest.

History of the problem

The earliest reference to the dilemma is found in Plutarch's Moralia, in the books titled "Table Talk," in a series of arguments based on questions posed in a symposium. Under the section entitled, "Whether the hen or the egg came first," the discussion is introduced in such a way as to suggest that the origin of the dilemma was even older:

"...the problem about the egg and the hen, which of them came first, was dragged into our talk, a difficult problem which gives investigators much trouble. And Sulla my comrade said that with a small problem, as with a tool, we were rocking loose a great and heavy one, that of the creation of the world..."

Various answers have been formulated in response to the question, many of them humorous.

Answer 3

the egg.

basis: evolution.

Animals are not born one type of animal and then evolve midlife into another (sure animals such as frogs and butterflies undergo metamorphosis, but they are still the same species)

When the 'first' chicken evolved it obviously came from an egg from the ancestor of the chicken (something similar to the chicken that we would not classify as a chicken) (i am greatly simplifying the process here for..well..simplicity)...the animal in the egg already had all the genes to determine it to be a chicken before it even hatched...so the egg came first...and the chicken hatched from it.

Eggs don't magically show up...and neither do animals.

If you are talking about 'the egg' in general...then that's even easier. Animals developed eggs before birds even evolved.

Answer 4

The chicken.
Explination: Think. If there was an egg, it would have to keep warm, right? There would be no other chicken around if the egg came first to keep it warm. So, if the chicken came first, it could have an egg and THEN it could keep it warm.

Answer 5

I believe that at the beginning of the world everything started out as cells cause other stuff mixed and created cells, and then the chicken was born, so basically the cell was first, but in this case the chicken came first.

Answer 6

I think you'll have to ask God for that answer - cause you need an egg to make a chicken but you need the chicken to lay the egg so it's a catch 22 if you ask me. Only one person know's the answer to that one and he's not here - he's in Heaven and his name is God.

Answer 7

well since God made everything, it had to b the chicken. or think of it this way it had to be the chicken because what would keep the egg warm enough to hatch.

Answer 8

well obv it was 2 birds of diff breeds matrd produced an egg which later hatched into the 1st chicken so the egg came 1st

Answer 9

chicken

Answer 10

the chicken of course.