2007-02-13 07:55:49 · 23 answers · asked by Kel Kel 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It does sound puzzling at first, but how much does one have to think until one realizes that both chicken and egg must necessarily have come from something that is neither a chicken nor an egg? This answer was knowable centuries before biology came about, yet people assumed there was some unsolvable mystery behind the issue.
The modern chicken is generally believed to be a descendant of "Archaeopteryx", the oldest known bird. This 150 million year old resident of the Jurassic period laid eggs, and at some point of time, evolved into an animal that was one generation away from being a proper chicken.
"The egg came first.
DNA mutations occur in the early stages of life of organisms. As you know, when new cells divide, the DNA within the nucleus separates nucleotides and duplicates, then two new helix are formed. The amino acids responsible for mitosis are prone to make mistakes to the genetic architecture-- a beautiful system of flaws that cause evolution and diversity in species. It's like the reason why children will look like their parents, but not approximately, they are a combination of both parent's ancestor genetic history and the result of new combinations in the DNA helix.
So according to fossil research, before the chicken was the "proto-chicken" and this bird was almost chicken, but not quite. Well this proto-chicken laid an egg with a mutation, and the interior change of the DNA was enough that the exterior of the new bird could be thought of as a new species.
The first chicken had to hatch from a chicken egg to qualify to be a chicken, so the egg came first."
2007-02-13 13:04:01 · answer #1 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg came first because the egg is a cell. Everything starts out from a single celled organism, to a multiple celled organism, so the egg came first because it is a cell in its' self. The chicken then came from the egg. The cell or (zygote) is the only actual place where DNA mutations can take place. The zygote is the cell that is inside of the egg. That is why the egg came first.
2007-02-13 16:03:53 · answer #2 · answered by kfactor57 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken right? because the chicken has to lay the egg the egg cant exist without the chicken in the first place. Right?
2007-02-13 15:58:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg-layer came first. Whether it was a bird,a reptile,an amphibian or something much earlier in the evolutionary tree of species, I don't know. But egg laying as a birthing mechanism was built into the DNA before the chickens showed up.
People who study biology know this and the question loses its appeal when recognized as a poorly asked question.
Folks, can we move on to more important,more interesting, better-asked questions ?
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2007-02-17 13:12:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, the chicken was there first to give birth to the egg. if the egg person thing turned out to be female, then the egg would come before the chicken that she would give birth to later. boy that was confusing.
2007-02-13 19:20:17 · answer #5 · answered by Samantha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why did the chicken cross the road? These and other chicken and egg questions will often hatch out on this site.
2007-02-13 16:01:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the chicken egg
2007-02-13 16:01:08 · answer #7 · answered by Real Friend 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg came first. Single cells always come before multiples.
2007-02-13 15:58:38 · answer #8 · answered by Susan M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken
2007-02-13 15:57:58 · answer #9 · answered by Guess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paleontology answers that one, not philosophy.
Eggs were around long before chickens. They find dinosaur eggs. A rather special fossil.
2007-02-13 15:58:11 · answer #10 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋