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What came first, the chicken or the egg? What came first, the chicken or the egg?
The chicken came first, and then it laid an egg The chicken came first, and then it laid an egg
The egg came first, and then it hatched a chicken The egg came first, and then it hatched a chicken
Neither the chicken nor the egg came first Neither the chicken nor the egg came first
God created animals at the beginning of the world God created animals at the beginning of the world
The chicken egg could only have been formed with a hen The chicken egg could only have been formed with a hen
There is scientific proof that the egg came first There is scientific proof that the egg came first
There is no true origin of the first chicken or the first egg There is no true origin of the first chicken or the first egg
This is a false dichotomy; there was no "first" chicken or egg This is a false dichotomy; there was no "first" chicken or egg
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What came first, the chicken or the egg?
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The chicken came first, and then it laid an egg

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The chicken egg could only have been formed with a hen

A particular protein found in chicken eggshells is from the ovaries of a hen. This means that the first egg must have come out of a hen's ovaries, meaning that the chicken came first.
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