Posted on: May 26th, 2006 @ 00:26
Scientists and philosophers have apparently conclusively solved the folk-dilemma of which came first, the chicken, or the egg. It must have been the egg, which was layed by a non-chicken species, but contained a chicken embryo. The reasoning behind this conclusion is that genetic material does not change throughout the life an animal. Therefore the genetic material of the first chicken must have been in the egg from which it came.
Physics Web covers the story, as do many other sources! :-)
