the chicken or the egg?
2007-02-18 06:28:15 · 22 answers · asked by Issa E 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
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.
2007-02-18 06:31:31 · answer #1 · answered by Walking Man 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The chicken of course, something had to lay the egg!
2007-02-18 14:31:24 · answer #2 · answered by Semper Fidelis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg. I'm completely serious. There were dinosaur eggs long before there were chickens.
2007-02-18 14:42:59 · answer #3 · answered by sillydoodlezzzz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the egg, if u believe in evolution,...i don't but its a good theory
a chicken like animal bread with another chicken like animal, layed an egg which resulted in the crossbread and what we now know as the chicken, must've took a couple generations though
2007-02-18 14:31:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
THE CHICKEN HAVENT YOU SEEN THE T SHIRT WITH A CHICKEN AND AN EGG LAYING IN BED AND IT SAYS I GUESS WE KNOW WHO CAME FIRST AND THE PIC SHOWS THE CHICKEN SMOKING AND SMILING AND THE EGG HAS A PISSED OFF LOOK ON ITS FACE..
2007-02-18 14:36:28 · answer #5 · answered by trouble1687 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken, because the egg wouldn't have been able to hatch if the chicken hadn't been there to keep it warm.
2007-02-18 14:59:03 · answer #6 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken!
2007-02-18 15:15:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
chicken, cause the chicken had to lay the egg right??
2007-02-18 14:31:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One nite Mr Chicken was at a party and he met Ms Egg.
It was lust at first sight.
After a few drinks they went back to his henhouse.
Within seconds of beginning to make love, Mr Chicken orgasmed leaving Ms Egg in a very frustrated humour.
"Well I guess that clears up that age old question" she huffed.
2007-02-18 14:33:42 · answer #9 · answered by paulpoulboy. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken. How do you know they laid eggs the whole time.
2007-02-18 14:31:01 · answer #10 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋