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Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
If you go in for most varieties of evolution, including theistic evolution, the answer is "the egg". Something that was not yet a chicken gave birth to a mutant egg that would become a chicken.
If you're a Biblical literalist, "the chicken". God created all life, and presumably made chickens rather than a bunch of eggs, else there'd be no parents to raise the chicks. Not as much of an issue in Eden, though, I guess.
If you're a Lysenko-style evolutionist, "the chicken". Something that wasn't yet a chicken acquired Chickentude and passed this onto its offspring.
If you've a penchant for dirty jokes, "the rooster had to come before there could be any eggs."
If you go in for most varieties of evolution, including theistic evolution, the answer is "the egg". Something that was not yet a chicken gave birth to a mutant egg that would become a chicken.
If you're a Biblical literalist, "the chicken". God created all life, and presumably made chickens rather than a bunch of eggs, else there'd be no parents to raise the chicks. Not as much of an issue in Eden, though, I guess.
If you're a Lysenko-style evolutionist, "the chicken". Something that wasn't yet a chicken acquired Chickentude and passed this onto its offspring.
If you've a penchant for dirty jokes, "the rooster had to come before there could be any eggs."