The Chicken or the egg.

The Ben · 05-27-2003, 10:46 PM

What came first, the chicken or the egg

***IronParrot*** · 05-27-2003, 10:54 PM

Quite obviously the egg.

Let's say we had the species that preceded the chicken - I'll call it the "proto-chicken". A proto-chicken that somehow mutated over the course of its life would not signify the creation of a new species (i.e. the "chicken"), since its further reproduction would only produce more proto-chickens. Therefore, speciation and the creation of the "chicken" could not have occurred if it had not first been born in a "chicken egg", laid by a proto-chicken species.

The Ben · 05-27-2003, 10:59 PM

Thanks Nick, or "IronParrot" for replying to my thread.

I also think it is the egg. I mean, you can grow a chicken out of a hens egg, right? Wait. Bad example. How about, you can grow a chicken out of a ducks' egg, right?

Sheeana · 05-28-2003, 12:00 AM

You know what? Sad bunch that we are, this has already been done.

Egg of course.

***IronParrot*** · 05-28-2003, 12:07 AM

Yeah, old thread is here. Padlock...

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05-27-2003, 10:59 PM	#3
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05-28-2003, 12:07 AM	#5
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