Evolution favors neither side in chicken-or-egg mystery

By Richard Brill

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 15, 2012

~~<p>Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This is a very old question, and it seems at first to have no definitive answer.</p>
<p>Many problems like this one are confusing because we look at them the wrong way or ask the wrong questions. In this case the confusion arises from two erroneous assumptions: one or the other must come first and both the chicken and the egg are unchanged from the beginning.</p>
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Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This is a very old question, and it seems at first to have no definitive answer.

Many problems like this one are confusing because we look at them the wrong way or ask the wrong questions. In this case the confusion arises from two erroneous assumptions: one or the other must come first and both the chicken and the egg are unchanged from the beginning. Login for more...