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

    Asked by creepystalker28 to Alexis, Dr D, Helen, Jasmine, Mario on 15 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Jasmine Penny

      Jasmine Penny answered on 15 Jun 2013:

      Such a classic question! Well, I think the egg came first. Before the chicken, there was a similar animal that laid eggs. Over time that animal has adapted and changed to become what we now call a chicken, this is called evolution. However, this is a question that has been strongly debated for many years and probably will continue to be for many years to come!

    • Photo: Mario Ruiz

      Mario Ruiz answered on 16 Jun 2013:

      I’m pretty sure it was the egg. If you think about it, dinosaurs existed much earlier than chickens, and they laid eggs as part of their reproduction process.

    • Photo: Alexis Barr

      Alexis Barr answered on 16 Jun 2013:

      Egg. The first genuine chicken (or what we call a chicken today) was probably born from an egg of a similar bird and gradually evolved into a chicken.

    • Photo: Andrew Devitt

      Andrew Devitt answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      @creepystalker
      That’s some username you’ve got yourself!

      Got to be the egg! Reptiles lay eggs and birds evolved from dinosaurs (some of which had feathers).

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