what came first the chicken or the egg

Answer:

The egg because without the egg the chicken would be non existed

Explanation:

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. So the riddle is easily solved…or is it?

Taken at face value, there is no doubt that the egg came before the chicken. We tend to think of eggs as the shelled orbs laid by birds from which their chicks hatch – unless we eat them first. But all sexually reproducing species make eggs (the specialised female sex cells). That’s 99.99 per cent of all eukaryotic life – meaning organisms that have cells with a nucleus, so all animals and plants, and everything but the simplest life forms.

We don’t know for sure when sex evolved but it could have been as much as 2 billion years ago, and certainly more than 1 billion. Even the specialised sort of eggs laid by birds, with their tough outer membrane, evolved more than 300 million years ago.

As for chickens, they came into being much later. They are domesticated animals, so evolved as the result of humans purposefully selecting the least aggressive wild birds and letting them breed. This seems to have happened in several places independently, starting around 10,000 years ago.

The wild ancestor of chickens is generally agreed to be a tropical bird still living in the forests of Southeast Asia called the red junglefowl –  with other junglefowl species possibly adding to the genetic mix. From these origins, humans have carried chickens around the world over the past two millennia or more.

So, eggs dramatically predate chickens. But to be fair to the spirit of the riddle, we should also consider whether a chicken’s egg predates a chicken. As humans consistently chose the tamest red junglefowls and bred them together, the genetic makeup of the resulting birds will have shifted. At some stage during this domestication process the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) evolved into a new subspecies, Gallus gallus domesticus, AKA the chicken.

In practice, it is impossible to pinpoint the moment when this happened. But in theory, at some point two junglefowl bred and their offspring was genetically different enough from the species of its parents to be classified as a chicken. This chicken would have developed within a junglefowl egg and only produced the very first chicken’s egg on reaching maturity. Looked at this way, the chicken came first.

Which idea did Hoke Smith spread in the Atlanta Journal?
O He said that African Americans are inferior to whites.
O He argued against discrimination of African Americans.
O He said that African Americans need patience to get rights.
O He supported African Americans' right to vote.

How Did Public Education Improve In The Mid-1800s?​

What was Churchill’s purpose?

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What contributed to advancements in the field of anatomy during the Renaissance?

the study of Greek architecture
the creation of the printing press
the study of Muslim medical texts
the standardization of math symbols

The excerpt below was written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in the decision of Schenck v. United States (1919).



The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shounting fire in a theatre and causing a panic.... The question in everycase is whether the words used are used in such curcumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that congress has a right to prevent.

Which conduct did the U.S Supreme Court determine was a “clear and present danger” in this case?


demonstrations in which protestors burned American flags


newspaper articles criticizing U.S. entry into the war


the presence of Japanese Americans on the West Coast


the mailing of pamphlets advising young men to resist the draft

Many of the problems of the Caucasus nations derive to when they were ruled by what nation?
A) Soviet Union

B) Russia

C) Germany

D) Japan

Did D-Day ultimately end German ambitions in Europe?
O Yes, German leaders surrendered shortly after the D-Day invasion.
O No, the Germans continued fighting and attempted offensive measures.
Yes, D-Day weakened German forces, who abandoned the military en masse.
O No, the Germans had a steady supply of young soldiers to continue the fight.

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Prussia a major role in the unification of Germany how does this source show you the dominance and power of Prussia? please use the source and your own knowledge to answer this question.

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Who started the WAY of Confucianism?

How many died in the banana massacre


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Which of the following was a consequence of the plague? *

a. more rent income for landlords
B. strengthening of the institution of serfdom
C. increase in the number of workers
D. higher wages for laborers

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The Lone Star Republic (1836-1845)


Relations with Native Americans

Many problems plagued the Republic of Texas. As more and more people settled in Texas, the Cherokees, Comanches, and other Native American groups resented the newcomers. The ________ ________________ attempted to control unrest on the frontier, but tensions continued. After Lamar became ________________ of the Republic, he ordered the removal of the Cherokees from Texas. On July 16, 1839, the Texas army attacked the Cherokees near the Neches River. Nearly 100 Cherokees were killed including their leader, Chief Bowles. The army _______________ Cherokee villages and farms. The surviving Cherokees were forced from their land and moved across the _______ River, out of Texas.

which is not true about the 1850 fugitive slave law?
A.runaway slaves had to go to canada to be free
B.It striped any runaway slaves of any legal rights
C.It allowed popular sovereignty in western states
D.people who helped runaway slaves faced steep fines

which resolution
contained the threat of a boycott? Explain.

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Which is a characteristic of Hinduism?


a belief in only one god, expressed as a single spirit called brahman


a belief in many gods and more than one path to the truth


the belief that each person lives only one life on earth


the worship of only three gods: the Creator, the Preserver, and the Destroyer

Which European democracy held out in the face of the relentless German attacks during the early years of ww2

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The Spanish-American War was one of the most successful in US history. Following the War the United States took control of all of the following
territories EXCEPT.
Your answer:
O Philippines
O Puerto Rico
O Guam
O Cuba

7. Below is an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Which colonial complaint about the King, included in the Declaration of Independence, does this amendment reflect?


Colonists were required to register for selective service in the British military.
Colonists were required to register for selective service in the British military.

Colonists were required to provide food and shelter for the British military.
Colonists were required to provide food and shelter for the British military.

Colonists were required to provide protection from the Native Americans.
Colonists were required to provide protection from the Native Americans.

Colonists were required to pay taxes on domestic and imported goods.

Alexius Comnenus was a powerful Byzantine ruler who sought to win back Anatolia from Turkish forces. His request for assistance from western European forces was one of the causes for which of these?
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The right of a state to void, or not to follow a federal law
А
Nullification
B
Alexander Stephens
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Abraham Lincoln
D
Missouri Compromise
E
States' Rights
F
Compromise of 1850
G
Tariff

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Both men were presidents during World War II.

Both men represented the US at the Yalta Conference.

Both men represented the US at the Potsdam Conference.

Both men met with Allied leaders to plan for the end of the war.

Both men issued declarations demanding Japan’s unconditional surrender.