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But where is the cutoff between reptile and chicken? Given how gradual it must've been, we can therefore posit that chicken's ancestors were themselves chicken.
by Cthulhu_ 2y ago
But where is the cutoff between reptile and chicken? Given how gradual it must've been, we can therefore posit that chicken's ancestors were themselves chicken. What came first, the reptile or the egg?
- maxwell 2y agoThe egg. But it looks like phylotypic animal body plans may have originated in cell aggregates before the development of the egg: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jez.b.21417 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jez.b.21417
- tyre 2y agothe evolutionary chicken of Theseus
- thebruce87m 2y agoChickens are birds and therefore dinosaurs. Therefore instead of Chicken of Theseus, I propose Chicken of Thesaurus.
- quesera 2y ago> I propose Chicken of Thesaurus Which itself is surely evolved from Chicken of Thesea. And, consequently, canned tuna.