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| Originally Posted by Treydog84 Does anyone know which one came first the chicken or the egg? Or is anyone ever gonna find out what the anwser is? |
I've actually thought about this and so I am going to answer this seriously.
The egg had to come first. (And there is no answer.
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The way evolution works, a mutant sperm and mutant egg joined together to make a fertilized egg (called a "zygote"), which developed into the first chicken. That animal had some kind of difference from its parents that made it a chicken and its parents not chickens. It made more chickens, while its cousins went on making non-chickens.
In reality, it's unlikely that the change from non chicken to chicken happened in a single generation. It was probably MUCH more gradual than that. So there's no point in the evolution of chickens where you can draw a precise line and say, HERE is THE first chicken. Still, if it COULD happen in one generation, the answer would be the egg.
The real problem is the question. Sometimes a question can't be answered because it assumes something that isn't true--like "When did you stop beating your wife?" If you've never had a wife or never beaten your wife, it's impossible to answer that question. "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" is that kind of question.
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