What came first, the Chicken or the Egg?

mrk · 15 Jul 2010 at 10:15

TO THE INTERNETS!

"The age old question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, has been tentatively answered. The verdict? The chicken, or rather a key protein needed to form the shell of the egg. The protein, called ovocledidin-17, was known to be involved in binding calcite molecules that formed the shells, but the mechanism behind this was unclear until now (abstract). The protein acts as a molecular machine, binding to nanoparticles of calcite and guiding them to begin self-assembly of the shell. This gives tremendous insight for developing methods of nano-scale self-assembly based on natural processes, as well as settling heated cocktail party arguments everywhere."

Full article here @ Bio Scholar

So now you know and can be the buzzkill at any party

Mr Jones · 15 Jul 2010 at 10:16

I always knew it's the Chicken, now I have SCIENCE to prove it!

4T5 · 15 Jul 2010 at 10:17

Dinosaur eggs were about before Chickens !!!

Stelly · 15 Jul 2010 at 10:18

malc30 said:
Dinosaur eggs were about before Chickens !!!

well then which was first the egg or the dinosaur?

Stelly

Jumblejug · 15 Jul 2010 at 10:18

But which is better?

Stelly · 15 Jul 2010 at 10:19

Jumblejug said:
But which is better?

Both, I can have my cake and eat it

Stelly

Zom · 15 Jul 2010 at 10:29

The Chicken. A species evolved to the point where we would say it's a chicken.

Cosimo · 15 Jul 2010 at 10:38

I don’t care, both are tasty.

Narziss · 15 Jul 2010 at 10:51

TheMightyTen · 15 Jul 2010 at 10:55

mmmmmmm, Dinosaur chicken.

Allnamestaken · 15 Jul 2010 at 11:03

I dont get why chickens exist they have no real evolutionary purpose other then to get fat n die n get eaten lol.

Wonder if chickens will take over the world in 10,000 years.

Citizen420 · 15 Jul 2010 at 11:06

Neither. First and last are a human invention which is used to quantify certain things. In terms of creation the fundamental question of how life began cannot be answered in such a rudimentary fashion.

FBi7 · 15 Jul 2010 at 11:10

A mate on FB had this as his status this morning.

His answer was.....the rooster! Sort of like Narziss' post above.

mrteabag · 15 Jul 2010 at 11:32

Scientists had to go and ruin this by proving it

No1newts · 15 Jul 2010 at 11:40

Goooooooo chicken!!

Tigjaw · 15 Jul 2010 at 11:44

Allnamestaken said:
I dont get why chickens exist they have no real evolutionary purpose other then to get fat n die n get eaten lol.

Wonder if chickens will take over the world in 10,000 years.

The chicken apocalypse, when the chicken republic will fight for their freedom againsts humans and the cow races IN .... The Livestock Wars.

bledd · 15 Jul 2010 at 11:47

The egg.

Through evolution, the mutation occurred in the egg, the thing that laid that egg was not a chicken (just similar to it)

So the first chicken egg was there before the chicken that came out of it

That's my argument anyway

Tefal · 15 Jul 2010 at 11:48

Allnamestaken said:
I dont get why chickens exist they have no real evolutionary purpose other then to get fat n die n get eaten lol.

Wonder if chickens will take over the world in 10,000 years.

They never used to be this fat

this is hundreds of years of domestication.

paradigm · 15 Jul 2010 at 11:50

bledd. said:
The egg.

Through evolution, the mutation occurred in the egg, the thing that laid that egg was not a chicken (just similar to it)

So the first chicken egg was there before the chicken that came out of it

That's my argument anyway

That's the way I've always seen it. Well take the word "chicken" away from "chicken egg", as the question is about the "egg" not the "chicken egg".

jlss · 15 Jul 2010 at 11:50

I'd hate to be a chicken although i'd no idea what's going to happen to me anyway but all the same no thanks