I still want to know which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Answer 1

The chicken - because God created all of the creatures (not eggs)

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. All evolutionary change and mutation takes place at an embryonic level. Therefore the creature that laid the first chicken egg was not what we would consider a chicken, but something closely resembling a chicken.

Answer 4

Going by creation the chicken came first. Going by evolution it came from a descendent of a reptile. Either way the egg came after the chicken.

Answer 5

I would most definatly have to say the chicken. Even if there was only an egg, you would need a male chicken.. A.K.A, A rooster to fertalize the egg. So, there is your answer the chicken came first. Eggs are not able to hatch without a rooster.

Answer 6

I guess the egg considering it was probably there when it first began evolving into a chicken. Every new generation of eggs got closer and closer into becoming the modern day chicken.

Answer 7

I believe, the egg, the chicken pops one out and and due to evolution and adaptation the egg's genes change before its a chicken... Making the egg come first. =)

Answer 8

The chicken, no doubt about it. A chicken has a better chance of survival than an egg. Just like an adult has a better chance of survival than an infant. On that note, you can forever avoid asking this question.

Answer 9

My grandmother always said that you have EGGS for breakfast and CHICKEN for dinner so the egg came first.

Answer 10

Evolution-wise, the egg existed long before chickens.