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General Forums => Generic Discussion => Topic started by: ActivationEnergy on October 14, 2011, 05:57:58 PM
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Which came first?
the egg.
My reasoning?
other animals laid eggs before chickens... ;)
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The mutation which produced the chicken from its evolutionary pro-chicken ancestor must have been present in the germ cells of the ancestor. Therefore, the prototypical chicken hatched from an egg containing a mutation derived from its evolutionary ancestor. The egg was a chicken egg before there was a chicken. The egg came first.
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Glad someone gets my explanation.
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I could say that "the mutation which produced the egg from its evolutionary pro-egg ancestor must have been present in the germ cells of the ancestor. Therefore, the prototypical egg hatched from an chicken containing a mutation derived from its evolutionary ancestor. The egg becomes from a chicken before there was an egg. The chicken came first." ;) but, now seriously, I think that the response to this ancient dilemma is: none
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but, now seriously, I think that the response to this ancient dilemma is: none
This. I think if you actually use biology and what not to explain what came first, an actual chicken or egg, then the point of the question is lost.
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Do we really care if it’s a chicken or an egg????