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Nov. '09

Mailbag Monday: Which REALLY came first, the chicken or the egg?

ohyeahfacts:

Though chickens have been around for thousands of years, dinosaurs were laying eggs millions of years prior. So technically, eggs were around well before chickens.

Asked by reality-uncheck.

(source)

This is the first fact I’ve ever posted that truly blew my mind when I realized it. Chicken or the egg becomes a really simple question when you realize eggs have been around for millions of years.

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  5. branflakez reblogged this from tiffthenubcake and added:
    yes, eggs were around before chickens and if you know about evolution, it makes sense because the last step of evolution...
  6. tiffthenubcake reblogged this from ohyeahfacts
  7. softasapanda reblogged this from ohyeahfacts and added:
    to say is: dinosaurs! yay! (it’s getting late)
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  9. eighttwentyfive reblogged this from mutelittlebird and added:
    I read somewhere a long time ago that chickens really didn’t exist before, and the chicken we have now is essentially a...
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  12. h1volt3 reblogged this from ohyeahfacts and added:
    Bravo! Really clever answer!
  13. behindtintedglass reblogged this from ohyeahfacts and added:
    HAHAHA well. That’s true. XD
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  16. kiboomada reblogged this from vxrated and added:
    Vyanka, benta grabe =))))))))
  17. beatamax reblogged this from tishitty and added:
    LOL FEELIGN KO NAGETS KO YUNG SINABI NI VYANKA =))))))) PERO FEELING KO LANG? OR BAKA ANG WEIRD NG UTAK KO??? =)
  18. tishitty reblogged this from vxrated and added:
    You have breakfast before lunch.
  19. toctothehand reblogged this from vxrated and added:
    EH DIBA BABAE YUNG MAY EGG CELL?!?!?! Joke whut.
  20. ihatemyfae reblogged this from beatamax and added:
    ONGA NAMAN. :| :|
  21. vxrated reblogged this from beatamax and added:
    EGG KASI MAN SI ADAM!
  22. beatamax reblogged this from ohyeahfacts and added:
    Sabi na nga ba eh, egg =;.
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  25. crazyshrimp reblogged this from tericia and added:
    the chickens. God didn’t create eggs. He made Chickens. Like how Adam and Eve were already full-grown. I’m guessing also...
  26. tericia reblogged this from onceupontherock and added:
    HAHAHAHA. grr. fine. the eggs win. they came first!
  27. biancaoicapot reblogged this from jellyfishingdays and added:
    Nice nice. :P Now I know what to answer my profs. :))
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  34. bohemu reblogged this from ohyeahfacts and added:
    That settles that question!
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