What came first; the chicken or the egg?

[Lawliet]

British scientists believe they have cracked the answer to the age-old question of which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Researchers have found that a protein called ovocleidin (OC-17) is crucial in the formulation of eggshells, and it is produced in the pregnant hen's ovaries, the Daily Express reports.

Therefore, the answer to the conundrum must be that the chicken came first.

Using a high-tech computer to look at the molecular structure of a shell, the team of scientists from the Universities of Sheffield and Warwick found that OC-17 acts as a catalyst, kick-starting the conversion of calcium carbonate in the chicken's body into calcite crystals.

They make up the hard shell that houses the yolk and its protective fluids while the chick develops.

Dr Colin Freeman from Sheffield University said while their research may appear to answer the conundrum, the biology is far more complex.

"I would argue that the concept of an eggshell came about way before the chicken, it's dinosaur or even pre-dinosaur thing," he told CNN.

"Obviously, it's not really what we were trying to get out of our simulations, but it's an interesting question isn't it?"

"The protein had been identified before and it was linked to egg formation but by examining it closely we have been able to see how it controls the process."

But the researchers have not yet got an answer to how the protein-producing chicken existed in the first place.

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[Daemon]

Duh...*** Existed first not the Chicken Nor teh egg. Its Just ***! O.O

 

[sabbyxx]

a one celled orginism came first then the egg

 

[BishamonSama]

Egg.

 

[Flaw]

Me.

 

[Decipher]

Rag!!!! xd

 

[RasenLight]

Egg.

If it was the chicken, it's cuz someone fried the egg -.-'

 

[Gatsndshanks]

Surely the egg came first or if the chicken evolved from a mammal which i dont know but with every egg a parent would of laid, the hatchling would come ever closer to a chicken we know now and progressively, a chicken would hatch

 

[~Missy~]

I think it's chicken D:
and my main reason is to disagree with the one above :|

 

[-Naruto Uzumaki-]

The egg came first. No, the chicken. No, the egg! No--er, uh, wait, it was the-th-th--



*brain implodes*

 

[Kiona]

a one celled orginism came first then the egg

yes, i agree! ^^

 

[Gatsndshanks]

a one celled orginism came first then the egg

Thats not the ****ing question -_-

 

[Lord of Kaos]

Surely the egg came first or if the chicken evolved from a mammal which i dont know but with every egg a parent would of laid, the hatchling would come ever closer to a chicken we know now and progressively, a chicken would hatch

So it must be sheep. lol xD

 

[ITAICHI]

well.....that was a deep study indeed....moreover without tht also we can say that....as for egg to hatch ...there z a chicken needed...2 hatch it ...so ofcourse ....chicken came first...as widout a chicken a mere egg cn nevr hatch...lolzxd

 

[Dinivis]

A pigion mated with a cow, and made a chicken egg. 'Nuff said.

 

[Faceless]

I can't believe they actually had a DEBATE for this chicken/egg argument. xd

 

[Lawliet]

I can't believe they actually had a DEBATE for this chicken/egg argument. xd

This made me lol:

'Oh we found that the Chicken came first!'
But the researchers have not yet got an answer to how the protein-producing chicken existed in the first place.

xd

 

[~Anubis~]

it's still abig question.

 

[gamahiro]

mmmm chicken DOH!

 

[DeathReaperSeal]

dude it's sooooo easy,


the cow came first I mean duh..