Egg or chicken come first?

Eggs certainly came before chickens, but chicken eggs did not—you can't have one without the other. However, if we absolutely had to pick a side, based on the evolutionary evidence, we're on Team Egg.

1. Which existed first chicken or egg?
2. What came first the chicken or the egg scientific answer?
3. What comes first chicken or egg philosophy?
4. What two birds created the chicken?
5. Did dinosaurs evolve chickens?
6. What does it mean when you say what came first the chicken or the egg?
7. What does the phrase which came first the chicken or the egg mean?
8. What is the ancestor of chicken?
9. Where did chickens originally come from?
10. Are chickens related to T rex?
11. What did the Raptor evolve into?
12. When did the first chickens appear?
13. What was the first breed of chicken?
14. When was egg invented?
15. Is chicken male or female?
16. When did Poultry Farming begin?
17. How did hen evolve?

Which existed first chicken or egg?

So in a nutshell (or an eggshell, if you like), two birds that weren't really chickens created a chicken egg, and hence, we have an answer: The egg came first, and then it hatched a chicken.

What came first the chicken or the egg scientific answer?

Eggs come from chickens and chickens come from eggs: that's the basis of this ancient riddle. But eggs – which are just female sex cells – evolved more than a billion years ago, whereas chickens have been around for just 10,000 years.

What comes first chicken or egg philosophy?

It is a question that has vexed philosophers since the Greeks. But it seems we may now have the answer to the beguilingly simple question: "Which came first?" It's the egg. This reassuring conclusion was the work of an expert panel including a philosopher, geneticist and chicken farmer.

What two birds created the chicken?

Scientists believe the red jungle fowl, Gallus gallus, is the most likely progenitor of the modern chicken, although research suggests that the domestic chicken's yellow skin is a trait inherited from the gray jungle fowl, Gallus sonneratii. So, it's more than likely that today's chicken has multiple ancestors.

Did dinosaurs evolve chickens?

“Chickens are dinosaurs.” Pretty much every evolutionary biologist and paleontologist worth their salt long ago came to the conclusion that birds are descended directly from dinosaurs. ... Today it has become generally accepted by scientists that birds are not descended from dinosaurs, but, in fact, are dinosaurs.

What does it mean when you say what came first the chicken or the egg?

"Chicken-and-egg" is a metaphoric adjective describing situations where it is not clear which of two events should be considered the cause and which should be considered the effect, to express a scenario of infinite regress, or to express the difficulty of sequencing actions where each seems to depend on others being ...

What does the phrase which came first the chicken or the egg mean?

Meaning: This idiomatic expression is used when it is not clear who or what caused something. Contributor: Richard Flynn.

What is the ancestor of chicken?

However, the Red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus or Gallus bankiva) is the most commonly found wild species in the world today and is considered the main ancestor of the domestic chicken. The chicken belongs to the genus Gallus of the family Phasianidae.

Where did chickens originally come from?

The chicken is one of the most ubiquitous domesticated animals; it is bred for both its egg and meat, and is thought to have originally been domesticated from the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) native to multiple regions from Southeast Asia to Southwest China^3,4,5.

Are chickens related to T rex?

The closest living relatives of Tyrannosaurus rex are birds such as chickens and ostriches, according to research published today in Science (and promptly reported in the New York Times). Paleontologists used material discovered in a chance find in 2003 to pin down the link.

What did the Raptor evolve into?

Shown left to right: Velociraptor, a dinosaur of the class that gave rise to birds; Archaeopteryx, often called the first bird; and a modern chicken and pigeon.

When did the first chickens appear?

Genomic studies estimate that the chicken was domesticated 8,000 years ago in Southeast Asia and spread to China and India 2000–3000 years later. Archaeological evidence supports domestic chickens in Southeast Asia well before 6000 BC, China by 6000 BC and India by 2000 BC.

What was the first breed of chicken?

Most scientists agree that the Southeast Asian Red Junglefowl (gallus gallus) is the primary wild ancestor of chickens.

When was egg invented?

From Ancient Times

East Indian history indicates that wild fowl were domesticated as early as 3200 B.C. Egyptian, and Chinese records show that fowl were laying eggs for man in 1400 B.C. Europe has had domesticated hens since 600 B.C. There is some evidence of native fowl in the Americas prior to Columbus' arrival.

Is chicken male or female?

Just as we humans are a particular species within mammals. And just as humans are divided into male and female and children and adults, chickens are likewise. In this context, a man equals a “rooster” and a woman equals a “hen”. Both are generally chickens, but the names indicate their gender and that they are adults.

When did Poultry Farming begin?

Chickens. Mass production of chicken meat and eggs began in the early 20th century, but by the middle of that century meat production had outstripped egg production as a specialized industry.

How did hen evolve?

The chicken's origins lie in a group of dinosaurs called the theropods, which evolved into two categories some 230 million years ago: the Ceratosauria and the Tetanurae. The Ceratosauria then split again into the ceratosaurids and the coelophysoids. ... Thus, modern day hen or chicken has multiple ancestors from the past.