2007-03-04 04:12:50 · 19 answers · asked by Kelsey 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
the chicken then the egg
2007-03-04 04:16:14 · answer #1 · answered by khatora 3 · 0⤊ 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.
2007-03-05 13:24:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg.
There was a point at which an animal had evolved to a point where it was almost a chicken. Like 99.999999999999% chicken, but not exactly a chicken.
Because of natural selection, it's offspring was 100% chicken,
inside the egg, not yet hatched.
2007-03-04 12:17:39 · answer #3 · answered by Skyhawk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Egg
2007-03-04 12:15:35 · answer #4 · answered by fordperfect5 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The egg
2007-03-04 12:15:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
did you know that this question has been asked a million times
it was the egg of course
there were eggs millions of years before there were chickens
dinosaur eggs
2007-03-04 12:17:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Egg
2007-03-04 12:16:03 · answer #7 · answered by Mike V 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The chicken- who's getting ready to lay the egg.
2007-03-04 12:15:55 · answer #8 · answered by Bud's Girl 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
since I lean toward beliving that the chicken is a mixture of two different kinds of birds I would have to say the egg
2007-03-04 12:16:09 · answer #9 · answered by 'lil peanut 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the egg...because they never said what comes first the chicken or the chicken egg,, they just say egg....that could mean any egg...it could mean dinosaur egg..and dinosaurs lived long before chickens...so its egg
2007-03-04 12:16:58 · answer #10 · answered by Apple Pie Eater 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋