2006-11-26 15:10:25 · 19 answers · asked by Jyothir G 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
The hen (chicken) came first. The hen layed an egg and had to sit on the egg in order for it to hatch. If there were an egg first, how would it have hatched? Look at it this way: Did God put Adam and Eve in the garden or sperm and ovum?
2006-11-26 15:45:08 · answer #1 · answered by Barb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is actually very easy to answer, based on evolution the egg had to come first. Evolution works like this: There are slight changes in the genetic information of the sex cells (i.e. eggs and sperm) of individuals that are passed on to the offspring of any two parents. These changes in the genetic makeup are called mutations. Mutations can either have: 1) A deleterious effect on the offspring (genetic disorders may arise, many times these are lethal); 2) sometimes these mutations may be advantageous, making an individual more fit than its neighbors (this is sometimes referred to as conferring an advantage); or 3) these mutations can have no effect, making no change from parent to progeny.
In the case of the chicken, it must have evolved from something else that became less fit than the chicken and eventually becoming extinct. The chicken became a chicken from this other organism through mutations that built up over time in subsequent generations. However, whatever the genetic makeup that finally became defined as a chicken, that individual was first conceived and developed in an egg before being hatched. The egg and sperm that fused to produce the chicken didn't bypass the period of gestation within an egg that had developed in the bird family millions of years before the chicken came along.
So the simple answer to this question is the egg came first -- unless you believe in fairy tales?
2006-11-26 16:14:08 · answer #2 · answered by bill_in_il 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
egg..people say that since there's no hen then there's no egg..some people say there's no egg with out the hen..but what I say to those people is adam and eve got to where they got from God's creation..Thats how I think that the egg got there soo in my opinion the egg came first!
2006-11-26 15:22:54 · answer #3 · answered by Larry 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's EGG.
As Dinasours came into existence before birds and they layed eggs. So, according to that theory, the first HEN that came into this world came from an egg.
I hope this explaination is fair enuff.
2006-11-26 15:28:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The egg. Long before the biological organism we name the chicken came into being, eggs (not chicken eggs of course) already existed!
2006-11-26 17:45:29 · answer #5 · answered by Mayberight 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the egg because somthing morphed into a hen and then it died out and all was left was the hen
2006-11-26 15:22:20 · answer #6 · answered by Caela 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you see, long time ago chickens used to give birth, but then the aliens came and said it was a waste and also they didn't know what to have for breakfast, so they altered the genes and the egg was formed. then they had a fight because one wanted the egg boiled, the other scrambled, another fried...
2006-11-26 15:47:04 · answer #7 · answered by 【ツ】ρεαcε! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Egg - all forms of life start as an egg!
2006-11-26 15:13:11 · answer #8 · answered by Marsha 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ultimately i actually believe it was the hen.
2006-11-26 15:29:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I bet it was the hen due to evolution.
2006-11-27 21:41:48 · answer #10 · answered by Hardrock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋