HISTORY: WHO BORN FIRST... THE EGG OR THE CHICKEN

Once upon a time... the "Almost-Chicken"

Imagine the world millions of years ago. There were no chickens yet, but there were many birds very similar to them. Let’s call one of these creatures the Almost-Chicken.

One day, this Almost-Chicken mated with another of its kind. During the fertilization process, a tiny genetic "glitch" occurred: a mutation.

The Egg of Destiny

The Almost-Chicken laid an egg. From the outside, it looked like any other egg, but inside, the DNA was slightly different from that of its parents.

In that very moment, that shell contained the first specimen of what we now call Gallus gallus domesticus.

The Birth

A few weeks later, the shell cracked, and out popped a Chicken chick. The mother was an Almost-Chicken, but the offspring was, technically and genetically, the first true Chicken.

The Scientific Conclusion

So, to the question "Which came first?", the answer is: THE EGG.

• The Genetic Reason: Living organisms only change their DNA at the moment of conception. An Almost-Chicken cannot transform into a Chicken during its lifetime; it can only lay an egg that contains a mutated version (the Chicken).

• The Evolutionary Reason: Animals were laying amniotic eggs (like reptiles and dinosaurs) hundreds of millions of years before birds—and therefore chickens—even appeared on Earth.

In short: Two birds that weren't quite chickens produced an egg that hatched into the first chicken. Mystery solved!

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