Which came first: the chicken or the egg?
For years this question has been debated. It’s an age-old puzzle that’s stumped generations of scientists. Now it’s finally going to be settled once and for all. By Year 5 at EP! It’s vital we solve this before our chicks arrive next week!
Get blogging…what do you think?
Well I think that millions of years ago two animals mated but weren’t supposed to e.g: if a horse mated with a horse that would be natural, but if the horse mated with a mouse, that would be very un-natural. So the two animals mated and created the first ever “chicken” which was made in an egg. That concludes to the end of my explanation saying that I personally think that the egg was first, because otherwise where would the chicken come from. p.s I do not mind some friendly debate. 🙂
I agree with Bela that 2 different dinosaurs mated making the egg which out hatched a chick. Meaning the egg came first. Some people say the the chicken has evolved but since the beginning of time they have hatched out of egg so it would be a bit random for the first chicken to not come out of an egg
I think that the egg came first because you need a chicken to make a egg, but you need a egg to make a chicken. What I think is two other animals laid a mysterious egg that hatched into a chick, that turned into a chicken!!!
According to google, scientists claimed to have solved the riddle of whether the egg came first or the chicken. The answer they say, is … The CHICKEN!! I personally agree but, my one question would be is this the same for other animals that lay eggs, if not why?
Elodie
I think the chicken came first because researchers found that the formation of egg shells relies on a protein found only in a chicken’s ovaries. Therefore, an egg can exist only if it has been inside a chicken.that’s why I think the chicken came first not the egg.
I think the egg came first because the dinosaurs laid eggs and then over time the eggs produce evolved into a chicken
Sam I agree. You stole my idea!
I am not sure but I think it is the egg that came first because maybe some how to animals (dinosaurs) lade an egg and it made it a little bit weird looking thing and now it is just called a chicken .
I researched that the chicken came before the egg, scientist (researchers) found a formation of an egg shells relies on a protein found only in a chickens ovaries therefore an egg can only exist if it has been inside a chicken!!!!!!!!
British researchers say the chicken must have come first as the formation of eggs is only possible due to a protein found in the chicken’s ovaries.
‘It had long been suspected that the egg came first but now we have the scientific proof that shows that in fact the chicken came first,’ said Dr Colin Freeman, from Sheffield University, who worked with counterparts at Warwick University. The protein had been identified before and it was linked to egg formation but by examining it closely we have been able to see how it controls the process.
I think the chicken came first because dinosaurs evolved in to chickens and then the chickens laid eggs to keep their species going. I am 90% sure that it was the chicken but it could have been the egg because the chicken might be a cross bread between some extinct birds that laid the egg of the chicken therefore the egg came first.
I read that scientists have cracked the chicken and egg puzzle. They believe that the chicken came before the egg, because the egg is made from a protein made by the chicken’s ovaries.
Then, the question is where did the chicken come from originally if it is not from an egg? I think that it could have come from a dinosaur or a different animal that used to live but is now instinct. For example the pigeon came from a Dodo. Scientists say that birds have come from dinosaurs, and that the chicken, amazingly, came from the T-rex! So maybe the real question is where did the T-rex came from?!
Dear Miss Foster
I have lost a couple of goes at typing this out, so I don’t know if they have got through to you. Anyway I shall have another go now at explaining which came first – the chicken or the egg.
The answer to the question is ………………. the egg!!!!!!
To explain I should say that before the chicken came there was the “proto-chicken.” There was no one point in time when the “proto-chicken” became the “chicken.” This is because it takes a very long time for DNA to mutate enough to change a species. Mutation is when the DNA changes with the next generation – e.g. MUTANT ninja turtles have changed DNA which gives them special powers. Two proto-chickens make an egg, and the DNA has changed to the point that what comes out is a so-called “chicken.” It doesn’t matter if you call the thing that came before the chicken “an egg” or a “proto-chicken egg”, because it’s still an egg! And that is why the egg came before the chicken.
Third time lucky with this blog – here goes
Bibi xxxx
I think that the chicken came before the egg because, I believe that god created animals. Charles Darwin thought this was caused by evolution. This makes a dilemma for religious people because something must have come before the chicken.
Well first of all it depends which egg you are talking about. It could be dinasour eggs, duck eggs etc. For chicken eggs though I think the chicken came first. One because after reading other people’s comments and research, scientists have proved it and secondly because I think that chickens evolved from other animals and then started producing eggs. However my question is now…………….Which came first the dinasour or the dinasour egg and so on.
I think that the egg came first because of the process of evolution. I hypothesise, that a different animal laid an egg that evolved into a chicken in the egg! Scientists have proved that chickens are related to dinosaurs, so a dinosaur could’ve laid an egg that was the animal that made the chicken! Science! 😉
I presume that the egg came first, because before the dinosaurs evolved into chickens, amphibians evolved into dinosaurs. Then before that, fish evolved into amphibians, and before THAT a tiny uni-cell known as a mono cellulare or an amibia evolved into a fish. So, I looked at mono cellulares on the internet, and they look a lot like a fried egg!!! So my conclusion is, I think the egg came first. ^ = ^
I think that one endangered species came together with a new species and they mated, creating the chicken. After the the chicken eggs were laid, the endangered species died out. The chickens then mated with each other therefore creating the start of the chicken race. So in conclusion I believe that the egg came first.
I think milLions of years ago two animals mate and formed an egg!
According to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, the egg came first. If you go back 185 millions generations, we were all fish! Fish evolved from the Eukaryote Domain! Chickens and humans have evolved gradually from fish over the past 500 million years and each species has evolved differently and reproduces differently. Evolution is a VERY slow process and the chicken would have gradually evolved from other species. I agree with Darwin’s theory that the egg came first!
I think that the chicken came first, because I think it evolved from a simpler animal! Like humans evolved from chimpanzees, then what about the egg? I agree with Rosalie that the egg is created of protein made from the chickens insides!
Like Sam I also think that dinosaurs laid eggs first of all and so eggs were here before chickens. Chickens evolved after many, many years and so I know the answer: The Egg!