Re: TIME-HONORED QUESTION FINALLY ANSWERED.


"Ginny" <glvl88REMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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alex massey wrote:
Hello, I'm really out of my depth here, but here goes...

Victor Serebriakoff, sometime chairman of mensa, maintained that the egg
came first. His contention was that chickens evolved from some other kind
of bird, a proto-chicken if you like, which almost certainly laid eggs.
Therefore the egg predates the chicken.
What a disappointment! Unless you're a creationist, of course!

I am moderately surprised anyone really cares! LOL
Some things are not for mere humans to know or understand but just to
enjoy.

--
Ginny - in West Australia

verba volant, scripta manent
"words fly away, writings remain"


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