Hello--

Which came first, the chicken---or, the egg?

Thanks

Hello,
According to this article it was the egg that came first,
Howstuffworks "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?"
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question85.htm

However this article has an argument for the egg coming first, and for
the chicken coming first,
"Re: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?"
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/jun2000/960571926.Ev.r.html

And this article argues that the question makes no sense what so ever.
It says that evolution makes this question illogical because chickens
as we know them today evolved over such a long period of time that no
one can really pin-point when the 1st chicken (or chicken egg) came
into existence.
"Which came first, the chicken or the egg?"
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~lindsay/creation/chicken_egg.html

In fact based on that last article you could argue that chickens (and
chicken eggs) don't exist. Because if chickens are constantly
evolving; then the creature that was first named chicken must have
evolved into something else (albeit very similar to the chicken as we
knew them when the word chicken was invented, but slightly different
none the less) there by warranting the need for a new name for this
modern day chicken descendant... hehe :)

So based on my findings, this question has many conflicting answers...
Hope this helps, let me know if you need some more info.
--jld

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Clarification of Answer by jeanluis-ga on 16 Jun 2002 06:55 PDT

BTW To find this I google searched for "Which came first chicken egg"

honey the chicken came first just read the bible

The egg. The egg has a less complex build, therefor allowing for
evolution into the egg. However, the breathing organs and such of the
chicken is of a DNA build so complex the build would had to be he
oringal yet re-built and re-organzied DNA build of the egg.

Aside from religious and biblical beliefs, it was the egg that came
first.
The answer is simple biological mutation. The 'Hen' and the 'Rooster'
of the first true egg that hatched into a chicken as we know today,
were not true chickens, but proto-chickens. The proto-chickens mated,
and in the recombination of their DNA, a mutation occured, forming the
specific DNA of the egg as we have today.
:)

Oh come on am i the only smart alec left in the world.... the obvious
answer since he did not specify what type of egg...is the egg
obviously...since dinosaurs layed eggs...LOL