which came first the chiken or the egg?
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Although is impossible to say exactly *when* the ancestors of chickens *became* chickens in their own right, there must, logically, have been one single moment when this occurred, and it would have been at conception. So you could argue that it was the chicken first, because the fertilised egg exists before the hard shell (the 'egg' in the argument) has formed.
You could then argue over the definition of 'egg' as some would say that instant an egg is fertilised, it should be considered a foetus (aka 'chicken' in this case). Others would say that it is a 'fertilised egg', in which case the egg came first.
moo.
You could then argue over the definition of 'egg' as some would say that instant an egg is fertilised, it should be considered a foetus (aka 'chicken' in this case). Others would say that it is a 'fertilised egg', in which case the egg came first.
moo.
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Wow! This thread is even more retarded than most on the late lamented PA phorums! Congratulations!
(oh, and learn to spell Fabian)
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Egg had to come first, evolution doesn't change an organism itself, but the changes are passed on genetically to its offspring. So clearly some other creature going through an evolutionary awakening layed the first chicken type egg from which came the first chicken.
That's how I look at it, there are others who believe a mammal could have given birth to an egglaying offspring, the chicken, however I think thats very unlikily for one evolutionary step.
So...
teh egg came0r 1st!
That's how I look at it, there are others who believe a mammal could have given birth to an egglaying offspring, the chicken, however I think thats very unlikily for one evolutionary step.
So...
teh egg came0r 1st!
a compiler
a better compiler
a compiler that worked...
amoebia 1.0
amoebia 2.0
amoebia 3.0
amoebia 3.11
egg 95
chicken NT
egg 95.5 ?
chickent NT SP1 ?
egg 98
chickent NT SP4??
egg ME
chicken 2000
chicken XP beta
chicken 2000 sp1
chicken xp
chicken 2000 sp2
chicken .net
chicken 2000 sp3
chicken .net now chicken 2003
as market requires...
so clearly.. neither the chicken, nor the egg (or even a monket (prolly pete's word for linux)) came first... it was the compiler
a better compiler
a compiler that worked...
amoebia 1.0
amoebia 2.0
amoebia 3.0
amoebia 3.11
egg 95
chicken NT
egg 95.5 ?
chickent NT SP1 ?
egg 98
chickent NT SP4??
egg ME
chicken 2000
chicken XP beta
chicken 2000 sp1
chicken xp
chicken 2000 sp2
chicken .net
chicken 2000 sp3
chicken .net now chicken 2003
as market requires...
so clearly.. neither the chicken, nor the egg (or even a monket (prolly pete's word for linux)) came first... it was the compiler
biggles wrote:evolution went backwards just before EGG ME
if you insist, everyone to bring eggs and attack biggles at the next lan then, it'll sure beat that time when u tied some poor sod up in cable and brown tape...
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