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title: "Who came first? Chicken or egg"  
description: "A brief summary about who came first, is it chicken or is it an egg"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-14  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2474/who-came-first-chicken-or-egg  
category: "history"  
tags: ["education", "facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Who came first? Chicken or egg

![Who came first Chicken or egg](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e65db852-2c43-4d17-8928-3e286b71c2af/images/38d4b4b0-aaff-46fc-a6e8-e700aff13aa9.jpeg) ![Who came first Chicken or egg](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e65db852-2c43-4d17-8928-3e286b71c2af/images/e7de1fd1-1cfa-41d8-8719-f1495f0d30ac.jpeg) The "chicken or the egg" question is a classic riddle that has been pondered by people for centuries. ![Who came first Chicken or egg](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e65db852-2c43-4d17-8928-3e286b71c2af/images/5e2242e6-7a48-42c1-ad17-ce714635a73e.jpeg) However, there is more than one possible explanation for how the first chicken egg came to be. ![Who came first Chicken or egg](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e65db852-2c43-4d17-8928-3e286b71c2af/images/e9b262d0-a1f7-4bcb-865d-35414c3b4848.jpeg) A chicken only evolved around 58 thousand years ago. Over time, due to the mutation gradual changes led to the evolution of the modern chicken. ![Who came first Chicken or egg](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e65db852-2c43-4d17-8928-3e286b71c2af/images/f792cf35-49e0-4597-8ba7-bc957c15d15d.jpeg) So, the egg came first, but it was an egg that was laid by a bird that was not quite a chicken. ![Who came first Chicken or egg](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/e65db852-2c43-4d17-8928-3e286b71c2af/images/38d4b4b0-aaff-46fc-a6e8-e700aff13aa9.jpeg) There are other theories, but this is the one that is most supported by the scientific evidence.

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