Well, that's settled then:
It was the egg.
Put simply, the reason is down to the fact that genetic material does not change during an animal's life.
Therefore the first bird that evolved into what we would call a chicken, probably in prehistoric times, must have first existed as an embryo inside an egg.
Professor John Brookfield, a specialist in evolutionary genetics at the University of Nottingham, told the UK Press Association the pecking order was clear.
The living organism inside the eggshell would have had the same DNA as the chicken it would develop into, he said.
"Therefore, the first living thing which we could say unequivocally was a member of the species would be this first egg," he added. "So, I would conclude that the egg came first."
I can't believe they said pecking order.
Um, doesn't the egg come before the chicken because snakes and other reptiles lay eggs? And chickens are like the freak inbred grandchildren of reptiles.
Problem solved!
Of course the egg would have gotten its DNA from its parents...
Of course the egg would have gotten its DNA from its parents...
Yes, but the first chicken's parents were, by definition, not chickens.
Actually, there is very good reason to believe that birds (including the noble chicken) are descended from dinosaurs, not reptiles. Otherwise, as you said.
(Dinosaurs aren't just really really big reptiles??)
This is why I am not a phylogenist. It looks like a roaring, upright, gigantic chameleon, it walks like a roaring, upright, gigantic chameleon, by gum it probably is one.
I hope theyfucking do something about my monitor soon. It's been fairly stable, but now and then, just blurs a smidge. So I barely notice until I look up and am crosseyed.
I was so optimistic last friday....
Eyestrain like that is a health issue that must not be ignored. Time to report it to your boss as well as your tech support. Don't work with that monitor anymore.
Of course the egg would have gotten its DNA from its parents...
Yes, but the first chicken's parents were, by definition, not chickens.
"Would it be a chicken egg?" is my question.
