The Egg * The egg came first because other animals came before the chicken that had eggs of some kind. * One kind are the fish in the seas; fish lay eggs. Another are snakes; snakes also lay eggs. * Only if this question was asked as, "Which came first, the chicken or the chicken egg?", would it be a paradox. * Sexually reproducing animals also have eggs- the question doesn't specify a type of egg. * Dinosaurs had eggs. * Darwin's theory; the chicken egg came from a different species. * A chicken could not have its genetic material altered during life, so the egg must have evolved and been first. * If you take into account the doctrine of evolution, the egg's coming first becomes plausible on the cellular level under perfect circumstances (abundant food and resources). There will be an a-s