2006-10-13 19:24:54 · 13 answers · asked by katlady927 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
but see chickens came from eggs so if chicken came 1st how did it get here
2006-10-13 19:37:43 · update #1
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.
2006-10-14 18:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Chickens are not the only animal that laid eggs, thus there is no reason that the chicken had to have come first. Another form of bird could have laid a mutant offspring resulting in the first Chicken thus the egg from which it hatched would be called a chicken egg.
Possibly birds include wild Indian and south-east Asian Red Junglefowl.
2006-10-13 19:45:47 · answer #2 · answered by Mike J 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's the egg. there was a kind of dinosaur which was sort of the ancestor of moder-day chickens. these dinosaurs didn't lay eggs at first but were changed due to evolution and for protection of their young giving way to the very first and closest type of the chickens so, technically, the egg came first.
2006-10-13 20:16:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a chicken because there cant be an egg without a chicken
2006-10-13 19:53:09 · answer #4 · answered by Fadingstars 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the chicken came first then as a result of that sexual union an egg was created.
2006-10-14 20:52:49 · answer #5 · answered by robug 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the chicken.
Where did the egg come from if there was no chicken to hatch it?
It sure didnt come from a cow.
2006-10-13 19:27:40 · answer #6 · answered by Shadows of the Cross 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The chicken came first because God created every creature.
2006-10-13 19:35:16 · answer #7 · answered by Serendipity 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
First of all, wrong topic. This is genealogy. Family tree/your roots. This topic has nothing to do with sex, health, finding your lost friend/family, chickens or eggs. Please try again.........look up the headings. There HAS to be a topic heading that you can fit this question into.
2006-10-14 12:34:35 · answer #8 · answered by Gatherer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to the bible....the chicken came first. God created all living creatures...i.g. Adam and Eve, and the purpose was to procreate...i.g. the egg!
2006-10-13 21:32:34 · answer #9 · answered by deedleydee 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the chicken because God created all the creatures
2006-10-14 10:06:16 · answer #10 · answered by evening_dewpoint 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋