Scientists crack the chicken vs egg mystery

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 9:01a.m.

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What came first - the chicken or the egg?

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21 Jul 2010 03:11p.m.

David wrote:

lol you are correct it does not 'prove' as in give an answer with 100% certainty, it does however give a valid arguement for the assertion made.

18 Jul 2010 11:20a.m.

lol wrote:

This video does not prove at all what came first.

16 Jul 2010 03:54p.m.

David wrote:

Preacher, explain how science has shot itself in the foot. The egg does not produce the protein. The protein that enables calcium carbonate to be changed into a crystallised form, this is essential for formation of egg shell, is found in the ovaries of chickens. The protein in the chicken that enables the formation of the egg shell is proof that the assertion of the chicken first is possible. Your description evolution and explaining the link between lizard and chicken is a joke. It is as précis as explaining development of modern transport by saying “one day a cave man (sorry Adam) was rolling a rock and ops there he is driving a hybrid diesel electric car.

15 Jul 2010 09:12p.m.

Preacher wrote:

Ahhh once again science shoots itself in the foot.

Just because you have an egg procuding protein in no way proves it had to be a CHICKEN that came first. LOL, I thought the whole point of evolution was one day a lizard came along, laid an egg and oops! out popped a chicken due to the utter randomness of the universe...

15 Jul 2010 04:32p.m.

David wrote:

@ Me and Fred, did either of you watch the video? The argument is there has to be a creature capable of producing the egg shell. How long it took to evolve the specific protein is not relevant.

15 Jul 2010 02:42p.m.

Mary wrote:

If an egg had come first...would have been no good, it would have needed the chicken to sit on warm, and hatch it.

15 Jul 2010 02:02p.m.

Fred wrote:

And money has been spent to arrive at this decision????? If the chicken came first, where did the chicken come from. Forget God. That answer is from an unintelligent mass making up excuses when real answers cannot be found. Evolution over hundres of thousands of years is more likely to be the answer.

15 Jul 2010 09:58a.m.

Me wrote:

This is so stoopid. Everyone knows the chicken came first. Christians have been saying this for centuries - God didn't create eggs he created living beings.