A little bit of ancient philosophy
2007-03-27 15:15:45 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
hmm..maybe the chicken is similar to another bird but the chicken adapted to where it lived. I would have to say eventually that bird transformed to a chicken therefore making the chicken come first..=]
2007-03-27 15:25:15 · answer #1 · answered by Jayy<3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2007-03-27 18:21:14 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say the chicken. If an egg came first then a baby chicken would be born and it would have no means of surviving on it's own. Therefore a chicken must have come first.
2007-03-27 17:16:32 · answer #3 · answered by big_dog832001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Egg is the only logical explanation, unless you are being specific to the chicken egg. This is because eggs were used by many species before the chicken. If you are being specific to the chicken egg, then I am unsure.
2007-03-27 16:12:01 · answer #4 · answered by ☢☠☣☢☠☣ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ham biscuit preceded the egg, which means that the pig came before the chicken or the egg.
2007-03-27 16:38:37 · answer #5 · answered by sokrates 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A chicken and an egg are lying in bed. The chicken is smoking a cigarette with a satisfied smile on its face and the egg is frowning and looking put out. The egg mutters to no one in particular.... "I guess we answered that question."
2007-03-27 15:30:04 · answer #6 · answered by rainbow joy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chicken is more complex than the egg, so I think the egg came first...
2007-03-27 15:38:24 · answer #7 · answered by Jobo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chicken because different animals breeded back then to creat new ones, therefore creating the chicken. I am not sure if the female who gave birth to the chicken had laid an egg, or had it in her stomach. So it could be the egg.
2007-03-27 15:30:45 · answer #8 · answered by cosmo_girl! 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The egg, of course. The egg contains the complete genome for the creature that hatches from it. The chicken does not.
HTH
Charles
2007-03-27 15:38:51 · answer #9 · answered by Charles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The egg
2007-03-27 15:23:35 · answer #10 · answered by Rocka 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋