2007-02-20 08:18:38 · 16 answers · asked by Adam B 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
That question results from a linear set of thoughts.
Linearity is illusion.
At one point in life, the chicken is inside the egg. At another point, the egg is inside the chicken. Why do you seek to separate the two?
(In fact, sometimes there's a chicken inside an egg inside another chicken!)
2007-02-20 15:40:08 · answer #1 · answered by sincere12_26 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it has not been proven scientifically whether the chicken or the egg came first. But since Biblical times, the church father have sided with the chicken, they pointed out that according to book of Genesis, God created the creatures, not their reproductive units. On the other side, those who accord priority to the egg believe that a chicken is just an egg's way of making another egg. This is in line with modern-day interpretation of genetics, which sees organisms as the means by which particular sets of genes are assured of their survival. Commonsense reasoning, however, will tell us that neither preceded the other, and that neither could exist without the other. Going beyond the controversy, we reiterate that eggs existed long before chickens did, there is no dispute on this point because eggs are millions of years older than birds. Gallus domesticus, the chickens as we know it more or less, is a scant 4 - 5 thousand years old, and quite a late-corner compared to other domesticated animals such as sheep and goats.
2007-02-21 00:25:12 · answer #2 · answered by totallywirednyc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which" came first the chicken or the egg,
Through the ages - a question that never has a rhyme.
Did the Lord above first create a chicken
Or did he create an egg with incubation time?
But since he needed a rooster to go along with the hen,
It makes think first came the chicken, but then I thought again,
What if what he did, was create not one but two eggs at the start,
And laid them down together so they would never part.
And when they hatched they "got it on" and created the first chicken,
Which when we fry it up is tasty and yummy finger lickin'.
Now my brain is scrambled, just like an egg or two,
So I will pass this question right on back to you.
2007-02-20 16:28:10 · answer #3 · answered by dddanse 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a trick question, because if you assume it's a chicken's egg, you will be called wrong about the egg, and if you assume it's a generic egg, you will be called wrong about the chicken.
And regarding the previous answer, any mutations would have been in the genes of whatever laid the egg, not in the egg itself. So there wouldn't have been a chicken egg untill after the first chicken laid it. But there would have been an chicken-bearing egg. But then the beast that laid it would have been a chicken egg layer, ne's pas vrai?
2007-02-20 16:51:28 · answer #4 · answered by Grist 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The chicken
2007-02-20 16:52:43 · answer #5 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say the egg because from the egg was the first mutation which evolved into the present day chicken.
2007-02-20 16:42:24 · answer #6 · answered by mamgirl89 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The egg came first.
2007-02-20 17:14:18 · answer #7 · answered by kelitahmadi 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the egg. there were species laying eggs long before chickens came into being.
2007-02-20 16:40:42 · answer #8 · answered by bobinstien420 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the chicken. God created it to make the egg.
2007-02-20 16:34:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i answered this one like 10 times
many many things hatched from eggs before there were chickens
2007-02-20 16:38:29 · answer #10 · answered by k eric b 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋