Which animal existed first ; the hen or the c o c k?

Answer 1

I believe this is an evolution v creation question. If life evolved this question is valid but not if all was created. Creationists used the original chicken / egg question to stump the evolutionists.

There is no conclusive proof that life evolved rather than was created or vice versa

If existence was created, they both appeared together simultaneously. If life evolved from single cell creatures then billions of years passes as minute changes and mutations in organisms developed in which some argue that gender differences (like the difference between a hen and a rooster) are included in those changes. Many plants and creatures do not need gender difference for reproduction.

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Answer 2

looking at it purely from genetics...

hens are the female chromosome: XX

cockerels are the male: XY

X needs to evolve first for it to be included in male XY
ie you ALWAYS get your mitochondrial DNA from your mother

so first comes the hen then the cockerel!
or more accurately first is female then male

if you go back far enough to the evolution of sex in bacteria!

Answer 3

A species evolves, not an individual organism. Therefore the males and females of any given species came into existence simultaneously, by the same gradual process.

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Answer 4

Isn't that the chicken and egg?
It's the same thing.
A mutation in the previous, produces the first new egg of what will be the new species
that could be a female or male I suppose

Answer 5

dis dick
prolly the hen

Answer 6

The hen...

Answer 7

jimmystraightjacket: in fact birds don't have XX and XY like mammals do, they have ZZ (males) and ZW (females).

Answer 8

c o c k

Answer 9

This is some sort of Yoke... right ????

Answer 10

The BEAVER!!!