Which Came First?

The "probably" boys are at it again. After studying chickens and eggs, British scientists think they know which came first. According to CNN.com "Scientists solve chicken and egg riddle...maybe...headlines proclaimed the answer was...the chicken."

One of the scientists, Colin Freeman, from the University of Sheffield in northern England told CNN, "I would argue that the concept of an eggshell came about way before the chicken, it's dinosaur or even pre-dinosaur thing." He knows for sure that it was the chicken. Probably.

The clever scientists discovered that the egg cannot be produced without the protein ovocledidin-17. That protein is in the chickens' ovaries. That's how they knew the chicken came first. Probably.

So in what did that first chicken come packaged, if it wasn’t an egg? The answer is easy:

"So God created...every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, 'Be fruitful and multiply...and let birds multiply on the earth'" (Genesis 1:21-22).

Yep. The scientists were right. It was the chicken...no probably about it.

Notes:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/14/england.chicken.egg.riddle/index.html?hpt=C2

Clip for the piranha bowl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTdhYAtaOjs