How Did The Egg Come First?

by | Last updated on January 24, 2024

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Eggs are much older than

chickens

. … But it doesn’t matter; at some point in evolutionary history when there were no chickens, two birds that were almost-but-not-quite chickens mated and laid an egg that hatched into the first chicken. If you are prepared to call that egg a chicken’s egg, then the egg came first.

Did the egg really come first?

Dinosaurs laid eggs, the fish that first crawled out of the sea laid eggs, and the weird articulated monsters that swam in the warm shallow seas of the Cambrian Period 500 million years ago also laid eggs. They weren’t chicken’s eggs, but they were still eggs. So

the egg definitely came first

.

Who came first egg or?

If the question refers to eggs in general,

the egg came first

. The first amniote egg—that is, a hard-shelled egg that could be laid on land, rather than remaining in water like the eggs of fish or amphibians—appeared around 312 million years ago.

What did God create first the chicken or the egg?

A literal interpretation of the Bible would put the chicken before the egg. To quote Genesis: “

And God blessed them, saying, be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the water in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth

.”

What came first the egg or the dinosaur?


Dinosaurs laid eggs

, the fish that first crawled out of the sea laid eggs, and the weird articulated monsters that swam in the warm shallow seas of the Cambrian Period 500 million years ago also laid eggs. They weren’t chicken’s eggs, but they were still eggs. So the egg definitely came first.

What did a chicken evolve from?

The chicken evolution lies in a group of dinosaurs called

the theropods

, which evolved into two categories some 230 million years ago: the Ceratosauria and the Tetanurae. The Ceratosauria then split again into the ceratosaurids and the coelophysoids.

What 2 birds made the chicken?

So in a nutshell (or an eggshell, if you like), two birds that weren’t really chickens created a chicken egg, and hence, we have an answer: The

egg came first

, and then it hatched a chicken.

Did the chicken came first?

From these origins, humans have carried chickens around the world over the past two millennia or more. So, eggs dramatically predate chickens. … 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.

Who created the chicken?

Genomic studies estimate that the chicken was domesticated 8,000 years ago in

South East Asia

and spread to China and India 2000–3000 years later. Archaeological evidence supports domestic chickens in Southeast Asia well before 6000 BC, China by 6000 BC and India by 2000 BC.

What came first questions?

It is a question that has vexed philosophers since the Greeks. But it seems we may now have the answer to the beguilingly simple question: “Which came first?” It’s

the egg

.

Was it the chicken or the egg?

But

it doesn’t matter

; at some point in evolutionary history when there were no chickens, two birds that were almost-but-not-quite chickens mated and laid an egg that hatched into the first chicken. If you are prepared to call that egg a chicken’s egg, then the egg came first.

Did all dinosaurs come from eggs?


All dinosaurs hatch from eggs

, including extinct dinosaurs and modern birds; as do crocodiles, the living group most closely related to dinosaurs. … Some paleontologists think this site was a nesting colony, where adult dinosaurs cared for their young during the first several months after hatching.

Where did the chicken originally come from?

The chicken is a descendant of

the Southeast Asian red jungle fowl

first domesticated in India around 2000 B.C. Most of the birds raised for meat in America today are from the Cornish (a British breed) and the White Rock (a breed developed in New England).

What was the first animal on earth?


A comb jelly

Why do we not eat turkey eggs?

Why don’t we eat turkey eggs? …

Turkey’s take up more space, and don’t lay eggs as often

. They also have to be raised for quite a bit longer before they begin to lay. This means that housing and feed-related expenses would be considerably higher for turkey eggs compared to eggs from chickens.

Is a chicken a dinosaur?

So, are chickens dinosaurs?

No

– the birds are a distinct group of animals, but they did descend from the dinosaurs, and it’s not too much of a twist of facts to call them modern dinosaurs. There are many similarities between the two types of animal, largely to do with bone structure.

Diane Mitchell
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Diane Mitchell
Diane Mitchell is an animal lover and trainer with over 15 years of experience working with a variety of animals, including dogs, cats, birds, and horses. She has worked with leading animal welfare organizations. Diane is passionate about promoting responsible pet ownership and educating pet owners on the best practices for training and caring for their furry friends.