The egg. Organisms cannot evolve once they are born. A species changes as parents lay eggs, and the eggs contain mutations/adaptations. If these mutations are beneficial, the genes will pass to the next generation. As these mutations stack up, eventually the result is a creature that is similar but different from the original. This takes hundreds of years, so the chicken ancestor will look slightly different from modern chickens. So basicly: Chicken Ancestor>Egg>Modern Chicken
I think the Chicken came first... mabey the eggs where inside the chicken (much like humans) and one day a chicken desided to crap it out.
For those of you holding your breath for a SERIOUS, well researched answer that explains the whole conundrum: Walk away now. Here goes... I came first. Then the chicken - sliced, crumbed and fried in salted butter until golden brown. Then, and only then, came the egg. Served in omelette form with cheese, mushrooms and ham. Satisfied?
i completely agree with you... however if Chicken Ancestor>Egg>Modern Chicken we would consider ^egg to be the egg of the Chicken Ancestor. Therefore, the first chicken egg would be that laid by the first chicken. the first chicken would be the hatchling of a Chicken Ancestor egg. In this way the CHICKEN comes into existence before the EGG (of a chicken i.e. chicken egg)
this is entirely wrong... what if the chicken ancestor was a dinosaur... then in order to adapt, its eggs had to mutate.. so over time, when it hatched it became a chicken... evolution doesnt happen as chicken ancestor>egg>modern chicken... there are still many evolutions/mutations between the three... thus the egg (with a chicken inside) came first from the mutated parents and became a chicken...
entirely wrong? lol. mutated parent is the same as a chicken ancestor- it is a species that predates the chicken so is therefore is an ancestor of the chicken. The ancestor that i refer to is the previous strain of bird- the one before the chicken. Thus when you say "thus the egg (with a chicken inside) came first from the mutated parents and became a chicken", that egg was laid by a mutated parent and therefore is a mutated parent egg and NOT a chicken egg. if we take it like that, then yes msg is right.
Pile of crap right? I think it's complete nonsensical jargon. Does it matter if the egg came first or the chicken came first? All I care about is eating them to be honest, because they're both quite tasty. Which came first? Or rather, which one was eaten first?
Indeed, I hate the way the original posts are always so vague in their definitions of what makes a chicken and what makes a chicken egg.
what do you call an egg with a chicken inside? a chicken egg... even if it came from a mutated parent, if theres a chicken inside, its still a chicken egg...
