Philosophers and fertility experts can rest easy as the age-old question, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” finally has an answer: The chicken.
The research comes from British scientists out of Sheffield and Warwick universities. It all boils down to one protein—ovocledidin-17 (OC-17)—that is only found inside a chicken's ovaries, and is essential for eggshell formation.
Although the protein has been studied as part of eggshell development before, researchers used a super computer to ‘zoom-in' while a shell was forming, and found that it actually serves as a catalyst. Sheffield Professor John Harding hopes that this will aid in designing new materials.
Well, that's one mystery solved. But still no word yet on the meaning of life. (via CBS News)
- Kate Abbott


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but still it doesn't explain the existence of chicken n how it's there.

wait. they are doing the reverse engineering...

Wait, are we assuming the evolutionary or creationist viewpoint at the start of the cycle?

So now we'r turning to philosophers when we can't demystify something..great

Carbon formation helped formed life so no need to understand how a chicken is formed, but now who the hell created these carbon

LOL... egg or chicken, does it really matters?
Either egg or chicken, it doesn't solve daily's problem...

a solid reason to believe in the existence of God, the creator of the universe?

so instead of doing thorough investigations , you chose to jump the gun and concluded someone must have created it ?

This post has been edited by ComposMentis: Aug 10 2010, 01:17 PM

Just look at the beginning of life and thats the answer, single cell bacteria formed primitive physiology and the egg is only a method to reproduce.

It is a very shallow question in scientific terms, before there are male & female, the physiology change sex to reproduce, the process has been refined by generations and the state of evolution to date is categorized into Mammal, Reptile, Amphibian...

If you continue to ask this question, it means you have no knowledge of evolution, go tell people to stop insulting themselves.

This post has been edited by 3dassets: Aug 10 2010, 02:32 PM

If GOD is the creator of universe...
Your parents is the creator of you...

Knowing GOD is the creator or not doesn't solve daily's problem...LOL

Lol so the chicken comes first... I guessed it right XD
Let's see what they can come up with for their next move.

Wah, some more reverse engineering. This seems kinda cool.

"Chicken" will definitely be there 1st before the egg.... that's how evolution goes

is egg a vegetarian food?

Nope, strict vegetarians do not eat egg...

Cat & kitten... which comes first?
Dog & puppy... which comes first?

So, based on thread #1 and evolution theory, the chicken somehow evolve in having egg to keep the chicks...

Well, imho, all these are just theories and they don't really imply much... its more like a fun, guessing game hehe
Yea, somehow evolution has "rendered" the 1st "chicken" to be able to lay eggs.... and since they have been laying eggs all this while, perhaps we can say that egg-laying is quite fit for the Galus sp.to survive. "Survival of the fittest" applies here I think hehe

kitten n puppy come 1st.... after they grown.... then consider cat n dog.

Cool. Now they know chicken comes first just like what i have always thought. So what they gonna do after knowing chicken comes first?