2007-03-16 17:51:22 · 22 answers · asked by Vu To 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
chicken
2007-03-16 17:54:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
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.
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."
2007-03-17 20:40:07 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken had to be a mutation of some other animal. Some scientists suggest the dinosaurs evolved into birds. Anyway, any such mutation would have to be genetic, otherwise no more chickens would come about. All genetic mutations occur at an embryonic level. In chickens, the embryo exists in the egg. Therefore, the egg came first and the mutated chicken developed within the egg.
2007-03-17 01:02:38 · answer #3 · answered by SA Writer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg was used by many other species before the chicken, which thereby leaves the egg as the only possible explanation. What I really want to know is what came first, the chicken or the chicken egg?
2007-03-17 01:42:10 · answer #4 · answered by ☢☠☣☢☠☣ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chicken
2007-03-17 00:59:01 · answer #5 · answered by Ant 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
lol i made a comment asking the same thing. Im guessing the chicken, or else there would be no egg. Ummm but then again there would be no chicken if it wasnt once an egg..hmmmm ?
2007-03-17 01:11:09 · answer #6 · answered by SweetLatina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Egg first. Where else did the chicken come from? Thin air?
2007-03-17 00:59:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken came before the egg.
2007-03-17 00:57:41 · answer #8 · answered by suite_pee 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
God came first. He created the chicken and the rooster. Since he created Adam first, I'm going to say that he created the rooster first before the hen, then came the egg.
2007-03-18 01:48:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the egg definitely came first. dinosaurs were here millions of years before chickens and dinosaurs laid eggs. life came from the oceans where eggs were used to keep the babies protected.
2007-03-17 19:04:37 · answer #10 · answered by Reganomics 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken evolved from a reptile then it continued to lay eggs.
2007-03-17 01:44:22 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋