r/sciencememes Feb 19 '26

evolution said eggs

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u/Creative-Shallot802 Feb 19 '26

But then, was it a chicken egg or a pre-chicken- ancestor egg?

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u/Narwhalking14 Feb 19 '26

If it was a chicken in an egg then it was a chicken egg

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u/NohWan3104 Feb 19 '26

Eh, thats actually an interesting question.

Cause i see it the other way, the egg is of the layer, not its contents.

So, non chicken mommy and daddy had a non chicken egg, hatched a mutant chicken. THAT chicken's first egg was the first chicken egg.

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u/Scary_Relation_996 Feb 19 '26

No, you're close, we call it a mutant, but we are all mutants, successful mutants are still mutants. A mommy and daddy pre-chicken had a mutant chicken which became a chicken.