Me and my fsha were just arguing about it the chicken came first it would be stupid to make an egg without somethin to hatch it(RIGHT?)
2006-11-28 13:24:50 · 16 answers · asked by NB GANGSTA 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
the chicken
2006-11-28 13:26:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
according to the bible its the chicken
BUT LONDON, England -- It's a question that has baffled scientists, academics and pub bores through the ages: What came first, the chicken or the egg?
Now a team made up of a geneticist, philosopher and chicken farmer claim to have found an answer. It was the egg.
Put simply, the reason is down to the fact that genetic material does not change during an animal's life.
Therefore the first bird that evolved into what we would call a chicken, probably in prehistoric times, must have first existed as an embryo inside an egg.
Professor John Brookfield, a specialist in evolutionary genetics at the University of Nottingham, told the UK Press Association the pecking order was clear.
The living organism inside the eggshell would have had the same DNA as the chicken it would develop into, he said.
"Therefore, the first living thing which we could say unequivocally was a member of the species would be this first egg," he added. "So, I would conclude that the egg came first."
The same conclusion was reached by his fellow "eggsperts" Professor David Papineau, of King's College London, and poultry farmer Charles Bourns.
Mr Papineau, an expert in the philosophy of science, agreed that the first chicken came from an egg and that proves there were chicken eggs before chickens.
He told PA people were mistaken if they argued that the mutant egg belonged to the "non-chicken" bird parents.
"I would argue it is a chicken egg if it has a chicken in it," he said.
"If a kangaroo laid an egg from which an ostrich hatched, that would surely be an ostrich egg, not a kangaroo egg."
Bourns, chairman of trade body Great British Chicken, said he was also firmly in the pro-egg camp.
He said: "Eggs were around long before the first chicken arrived. Of course, they may not have been chicken eggs as we see them today, but they were eggs."
a scientist in london says that
2006-11-28 13:31:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The chicken came first because, well ,if the egg were made first then WHAT made it? So it has to be the chicken because the tiny unformed chick in the egg with the lack of protection it has, would as a result freeze to death making no chicken,unless there is a grown chicken to sit on it and keep it warm.
2006-11-28 13:34:41 · answer #3 · answered by winna o 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg came first.
For those not interested in evolution, please do not read anymore beyond this.
Simply stated, we all change over time. We (as in "we" humans) are born a little bit different than the generation before us. Evidence of this could be anything from the continous cycle of Olympic records being broken to changes in what is considered an average person (height, weight, life span, etc.).
Therefore, it is my belief that a creature resembling a chicken but not fully a chicken laid an egg to what we now know to be a chicken.
2006-11-28 13:29:41 · answer #4 · answered by collegeboy2178 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The chicken came first because when god created animals he made 2 of everything. So the chicken came first than the egg.
2006-11-28 13:28:18 · answer #5 · answered by Abena 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a classic question that is fun.Thou there is no true answer and many real answers all aregood.
Since I was about 6 or 7 (I'm 53 now) my greatgrand mother(RIP) had an answer that I have used and has always been fun.
You eat eggs for breakfast and chicken for dinner so this proves eggs came first.
2006-11-28 13:36:56 · answer #6 · answered by blakree 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the chicken because everything started off as a single-celled organism even humans according to evolution.
Or if you believe in the religious theory - it was still the chicken because god made animals not eggs
2006-11-28 15:18:45 · answer #7 · answered by Danielle F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe in God, the chicken came first.
If you believe in evolution, the egg came first.
Enough with the chicken and egg question
2006-11-28 14:34:02 · answer #8 · answered by Andy B. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The better question is: Which came first God or the chicken?
2006-11-28 13:26:39 · answer #9 · answered by littlemomma 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It must be the Chicken. God created animals, not eggs.
2006-11-28 13:27:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-29 12:14:26 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋