• Question: What came first the chicken or the egg?

    Asked by stargazer to Angus, Christian, Hannah, Laura, Simon on 20 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by frank18.
    • Photo: Simon Holyoake

      Simon Holyoake answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      The egg, simple as that!

      evolutionary biology tells us that chickens evolved from chicken-like ancestors, one of those laid an egg one day, and out hatched a chicken!

    • Photo: Angus Ferraro

      Angus Ferraro answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      As Simon says, something very much like a chicken laid an egg. DNA mutates during reproduction, so the not-chicken egg hatches into an actual chicken!

    • Photo: Hannah Bentham

      Hannah Bentham answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      If we are talking about a chicken as we know today, then yes, the egg.

      If we can extend the term chicken to chicken-ancestors then I think we can argue it either way!

      It’s still a great saying though. 🙂

    • Photo: Laura Roberts Artal

      Laura Roberts Artal answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      I agree with the other scientist :)!

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