chicken
2006-12-31 04:42:02
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answer #1
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answered by CLARABELLE 7
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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."
The debate, which may come as a relief to those with argumentative relatives, was organized by Disney to promote the release of the film "Chicken Little" on DVD.
2006-12-31 04:51:44
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answered by Walking Man 6
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The egg came first. There were creatures before the chicken, so technically, an egg was around before a chicken was.
2006-12-31 06:49:16
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answer #3
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answered by johndeere0809 1
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Reptiles ruled the earth long before any bird existed. And reptiles lay eggs, therefore eggs existed long before chickens. Unless the egg you speak of is a chicken egg, and if that's the case, I don't know the answer.
2006-12-31 04:53:40
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answered by The Maestro 4
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Obviously, it would be the egg because dinosaurs came out of eggs before chickens even existed.
2006-12-31 04:43:52
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answer #5
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answered by Jake 2
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I like that, a chicken with an egg inside!
2006-12-31 04:43:39
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answer #6
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answered by Celeste P 7
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the egg came first because other animals lay eggs, not just chickens.
2006-12-31 04:43:45
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answered by miss lady 4
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the chicken came with the egg already inside...
2006-12-31 04:42:07
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answered by Ariel 3
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Well When God made Animals he did not start thems as an egg or a baby. He started them as adults. So I say the chicken.
2006-12-31 04:43:06
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answer #9
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answered by Anonymous
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aw man, i hate this question its a tough one! well lets see, i think of it like this! God himself put a Chicken not an egg on this earth a long time ago, but he also put a male chicken and they did their thing and the female chicken became pregnant and and the result was a egg!
well yea thats the way i see it!
i dunno if thats right or not, after all its a hard question.
2006-12-31 04:49:32
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answer #10
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answered by Tony 2
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The chicken because if the egg got cold the chick won't hatch.
2006-12-31 04:43:08
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answered by Rachel 3
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