i know the answer, do you?
2007-03-01 08:37:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
the egg did. the animal that mothered the first chicken laid that chicken in its egg before the chicken was hatched.
2007-03-01 09:04:45 · update #1
The question isn't specific enough. First off, are we talking about a chicken egg? If we're not talking about specifically chicken eggs, then eggs definitely came first, because nearly every animal hatches from an egg of some sort.
However, if we're talking about a chicken egg, then the answer of the question is based on your definition of "Chicken Egg."
A chicken egg is either:
a) An egg laid by a chicken
b) An egg that contains a chicken embryo
c) An egg laid by a chicken that contains a chicken embryo
If your definition is "a," an egg laid by a chicken, then the answer to the question would be that a chicken came first. The only way there could be a chicken egg, according to your definition, is if a chicken laid it. So, the chicken came first.
If your definition is "b," an egg that contains a chicken embryo, then the answer to the question would be that the egg came first. An ancestory of the chicken, that through evolution, was very chicken-like, but not fully a chicken, laid the egg that contained an embryo of what is the first chicken.
If your definition is "c," an egg that was laid by a chicken and contains a chicken embryo, then the answer is a chicken. A very close ancestory of the chicken laid an egg that contained a chicken embryo (but wasn't laid by a chicken). Out came the first chicken, who then laid an egg that would be considered the first chicken egg.
The most common definition of chicken egg would be "b." so the egg really did come first. The chicken must have been born from an egg. A chicken cannot just appear.
2007-03-05 05:29:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
eggs.
dinosaurs laid eggs before chickens came around, so an evolved egg hatched a chicken.
2007-03-01 16:45:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
eggs of course as dinosaurs layed eggs and chicken werent around
2007-03-01 16:43:36 · answer #3 · answered by nightwallwriter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question has been asked 100's of times on Yahoo! Answers. Why not try doing a search and see how it's been answered in the past.
2007-03-01 16:45:59 · answer #4 · answered by Mad Jack 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken. Something had to first be created in order to reproduce itself.
2007-03-01 16:45:09 · answer #5 · answered by Irish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the 'modern' bird is a descendant of the dinosaur...The CHICKEN!
2007-03-01 16:45:20 · answer #6 · answered by Wizard of Oz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, whichever one it was - the OTHER one was disappointed!
2007-03-01 16:47:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋