So, which REALLY did come first, the chicken, or the egg?
Genetically, the chicken(s) came first. (actually the rooster did, but I digress badly)
The parents (progenitors of the first chicken) produced the (genetically genuine) chicken as a result of ‘mutated’ recombinant genes in ovum and sperm. ... which happened to grow in the ‘egg’ of something that wasn’t quite a chicken.
But what did that very first chicken mate with to produce more chicken offspring?
hmmmm.
That’s a different can of worms, but a fun one to ask people to think about if they are strict evolutionists. If man descended from chimps; when the first genetically human offspring was born to a chimp, what did that first human mate with to produce more fertile offspring? (REM: chromosomes don’t match, so offspring WON’T likely be fertile ... think mules)
hehe
thread hijacking at work ;-)