Which came first, the chicken or the egg? 17
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The egg (10) 59%
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The chicken (5) 29%
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I agree with your statement (5) 29%
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Other (2) 12%
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I disagree with your statement (0) 0%
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Also a very popular question...
But I think that the egg came first. The chicken wasn't like a chicken forever and it didn't always have the appearance, behaviors, etc. of a chicken you see and hear of today. The way mutations work in DNA, I think that their ancestors have changed over time because of DNA mutations. Their last ancestor before actually being a "chicken" probably wouldn't have been identified as a chicken, therefore it's not a chicken, it's simply the ancestor of a chicken.
So I think that the egg came first and then what hatched the first chicken(s) became what is now considered a chicken.