Thread: Chicken or Egg- Which Came First?

Y'all are dumb as dirt. The answer here depends on which informational viewpoint you put more value on (and no, I'm not talking about creationism/evolution, but rather whether you consider a protein change in a living creature the *key step*, or the product of that change, the egg, a new individual). What's more important than a one-word answer is to understand the ongoing processes at work here.

Uh.

Y'all are dumb as dirt.

Why, exactly? I think Xei gave a perfect answer.
I have a better question. Why do scientists care?

Originally Posted by Abra

Y'all are dumb as dirt. The answer here depends on which informational viewpoint you put more value on (and no, I'm not talking about creationism/evolution, but rather whether you consider a protein change in a living creature the *key step*, or the product of that change, the egg, a new individual). What's more important than a one-word answer is to understand the ongoing processes at work here.

Wrong. It was the egg.

Originally Posted by DuB

Wrong. It was the egg.

Actually, the chicken came first. Research has found that the modern-day chicken egg is the product of a genetic mutation from the first chicken. The shell requires a specific protein that was absent until the first chicken as we know it today evolved.

The Chicken Came First « Revelations From An Unwashed Brain

pffffffffttttt

The question was never if a chicken egg came before a chicken, the question was always - did the egg or the chicken come first! I want my money back!

Originally Posted by Mario92

Actually, the chicken came first. Research has found that the modern-day chicken egg is the product of a genetic mutation from the first chicken. The shell requires a specific protein that was absent until the first chicken as we know it today evolved.

The Chicken Came First « Revelations From An Unwashed Brain

Well that's the most retarded thing I've ever read.

Only chickens have the protein nowadays therefore only chickens had the protein ever? That's logic? Really?

Originally Posted by Xei

Well that's the most retarded thing I've ever read.

Only chickens have the protein nowadays therefore only chickens had the protein ever? That's logic? Really?

What? I'm reading the question as what came first: the chicken egg or the chicken itself. If you want to factor in things like dinosaurs, well then derp the egg came first.

Originally Posted by Mario92

Actually, the chicken came first. Research has found that the modern-day chicken egg is the product of a genetic mutation from the first chicken. The shell requires a specific protein that was absent until the first chicken as we know it today evolved.

The Chicken Came First « Revelations From An Unwashed Brain

AGREED *high 5*