what came first the chicken or the egg?????

so what did come first i would like to c the majority on this please .

[mcauleyab]

Well, if you're a Creationist, then the chicken would have been created and not been hatched, therefore the chicken would be first. If you subscribe to the theory of evolution, then the first chicken would have evolved from an egg-laying creature that wasn't quite a chicken, thereby making the egg first.
(So, in summary....not a clue!)

Yeah! thanks for that i think ha ha ha ! Yeah i subscribe to the theory of evolution myself so i believe the egg came first anyone elce have a theory ??????

[Nemisis]

ItÂ’s official: The egg came first



Which came first, the chicken or the egg? According to a scientist, a philosopher and a chicken farmer, it was the egg, British newspapers reported on Friday 26th may 2006.

The key to the age-old question apparently lies in the fact that since genetic material does not change throughout an animal's life, the first bird that evolved into a chicken must have initially existed as an embryo inside an egg.

Professor John Brookfield, from EnglandÂ’s University of Nottingham, concluded that because of this, the living organism inside the eggshell would have had the same DNA as the chicken it turned into.

The specialist in evolutionary genetics was quoted in a number of newspapers as saying: “Therefore the first living thing which we could say unequivocally was a member of the species would be this first egg. The egg came first.” Brookfield’s conclusion was backed up by his fellow “eggsperts” Professor David Papineau, of King’s College, London, and the chairperson of the trade body Great British Chicken, Charles Bourns.

Papineau, an expert in the philosophy of science, argued that the first chicken must have emerged from an egg even though it was laid by a different species of bird, but it was still a chicken egg because it had a chicken in it.

“If a kangaroo laid an egg from which an ostrich hatched, that would surely be an ostrich egg, not a kangaroo egg.

“The conclusion therefore must be that the egg came first and the chicken afterwards,” he stated. Bourns, chairman of trade body Great British Chicken, said he was also firmly in the pro-egg camp.

He said: “Eggs were around long before the first chicken arrived. Of course, they may not have been chicken eggs as we see them today, but they were eggs.”

The debate, which may come as a relief to those with argumentative relatives, was organised by Disney to promote the release of the film Chicken Little on DVD. Agencies


Finally, eggs-perts solve age-old chicken riddle

[Mike]

Wow, good post people =D>

I also believe in evolution.

I also think that this question is a paradox ;-)

Mike...

[Hyno]

I always liked the cartoon where the chicken and the egg are in bed together and the chicken is saying to the egg "well I think we answered that question".

I am a creationist - the egg came first. ;-)

[Benny]

Originally Posted by Nemisis

Professor John Brookfield, from EnglandÂ’s University of Nottingham...

There are some pretty smart people where I work. We also have several Nobel prize winners

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Benny

There are some pretty smart people where I work. We also have several Nobel prize winners

Wow impresive

I have the opposite as there are some pretty dumb people where I work. Im pretty sure that some of them will win a Darwin Award



Mike...

[Hyno]

Originally Posted by Mike

I have the opposite as there are some pretty dumb people where I work. Im pretty sure that some of them will win a Darwin Award



Mike...

I hear you.

My workmate and I have a motto:

"It's hard to soar with the eagles when you're surrounded by turkeys".

[Benny]

ROFL guys... don't worry there are some really stupid people at my work too... some of them have letters after their name too!