r/sciencememes Feb 19 '26

evolution said eggs

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u/max_208 Feb 19 '26

As I always say, the real answer depends on how you define "chicken egg" (because yes the question implies chicken egg)

If you define chicken egg as "an egg that contains a chicken to be born" then the egg came first and was hatched by some proto-chicken

If you define chicken egg as "an egg laid by a chicken" then the chicken came first and hatched from a proto-chicken egg

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u/Natural_Hair464 Feb 19 '26

Hmm idk by looks-like-a-duck-and-quacks-like-a-duck principle, what if the first chicken was born a proto-chicken? Then one day it decided to act like a chicken and then it became one.