The chicken or the egg came first - the question has the answer

'The chicken or the egg came first' - a difficult and controversial question that has long been answered. But it also brings up more conundrums. 

'Whether the chicken or the egg came first' is a frequently asked question when arguing about cause and effect in many languages. The question is roughly 'The chicken that lays the egg first, or the egg that hatches the chicken first, which one starts this vicious cycle?'. According to the classical philosophers, the question of this cause-and-effect cycle leads to the theory of life and to the Universe.

The chicken or the egg came first?

Fortunately, in July 2010, scientists from the two prestigious universities of Sheffield and Warwick in the UK gave the answer to this question.

Science's answer: chickens come before eggs

Scientists from the UK have found an important protein that makes up chicken eggshells, but only found in the ovaries of hens.

It also means that, in order to exist in reality, the egg must be inside the chicken.

Researchers have known for a long time that a protein in chicken eggshells called ovocledidin-17 (OC-17) must play some role in eggshell formation.

In a scientific report entitled 'Controlling the structure of crystal nuclei with eggshell proteins', scientists from the University of Sheffield and the University of Warwick, UK say they used the HECToR supercomputer to model simulate the egg formation process. The supercomputer shows that OC-17 is a key ingredient in creating eggshells. OC-17 turns calcium carbonate into calcite crystals, an indispensable ingredient to help create eggshells.

Although calcite is found in abundance in eggs and animal bones, chickens can form it much faster than other species. On average, every 24 hours, each hen can produce 6 grams of calcite in the eggshell.

Mechanism of protein CO-17 forming chicken egg shells

According to Dr Colin Freeman, from the Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield 'It was widely thought that the egg came first, but now we have scientific evidence that the chicken does in fact give birth. out first'.

According to Professor John Harding, also from the Department of Engineering Materials: 'Understanding the process of producing eggshells is very interesting, it can be a prerequisite for creating new materials by new processes. We have learned a lot of creative methods in nature to apply to solving problems in materials science and technology today.

However, this discovery brings us to another question, if not the egg came first and hatched the chicken, who created the first chicken?

So who gave birth to the first chicken? 

According to the theory of evolution, life was created by chance. Species were formed by evolution through genetic mutation and natural selection. Amino acids randomly form from chemical elements, then amino acids randomly combine to form proteins, then proteins randomly combine to form cells, cells randomly assemble to form cells. unicellular organisms, single-celled organisms that evolved and were naturally selected into multicellular organisms, plants, lower animals, higher animals, apes, humans.

Thus, according to the theory of evolution, the first chicken will be formed by random genetic mutation and natural selection from a relative of the chicken.

However, scientists have calculated that the probability that random amino acids form a protein is 1 in 10113, and the probability that amino acids can form all the enzymes necessary for life. is 1/1040,000.

Meanwhile, according to mathematicians, an event with probability 1/1050 in reality cannot happen and is considered = 0. Thus, the formation of the first elements of life is random. is not possible.

Let's talk about the complexity in a rooster egg (the egg is fertilized and can hatch into a chicken). That egg should have 15 parts, including: 1) Eggshell 2) Outer membrane 3) Inner shell membrane 4) Ligaments 5) Thin outer albumen layer 6) Thick albumen layer 7) Yolk membrane 8) Multiply 9 ) Embryo plate 10) Dark yolk 11) Light yolk 12) Inner albumen layer 13) Hanging wire 14) Air chamber 15) Cutin layer.

15 parts of an egg need to ensure separate characteristics, suitable for mechanics, chemistry, biology, molecular biology, genetics. to be able to develop eggs into chicks.

The structure of a chicken egg consists of 15 components: 1) Eggshell 2) Outer shell membrane 3) Inner shell membrane 4) Ligaments 5) Thin outer albumen layer 6) Thick albumen layer 7) Yolk membrane 8) nucleus 9) Disk embryo 10) Dark yolk 11) Light yolk 12) Inner albumen layer 13) Hanging wire 14) Air chamber 15) Cutin layer (source: wikiwand.com)

For example, mechanically, the eggshell needs to be 1mm, 2mm, 0.5mm or 0.4mm thick, the brittleness of the shell needs to be subjected to the maximum stress (force) N/mm2 to not break when the hen lays , brooding, but enough for the chicks to use their beaks to break them out? If scientists do not have an experiment and learn the reality of the egg first, can they answer this question, let alone the random eggshell that appears thick enough and hard enough as required?

How does randomness, genetic mutation and natural selection 'know' that there should be 2 pieces of ligaments (which are a type of protein) on both sides of the yolk, attached to the ends of the egg, to keep the yolk intact. red is located in the center of the egg, does not stick to the eggshell and minimizes the impact of external shocks? What strength and biochemistry does this ligament need to hold in order to keep the yolk safe and to disappear on its own when the yolk and white transform into a chicken embryo?

How does randomness, genetic mutation and natural selection 'know' need to form a gap in the egg's interior called the air chamber. How big does this air chamber need to be to provide enough O2 for the embryo while the eggs are incubated and turned into chicks?

How does randomness, genetic mutation and natural selection make the eggshell have enough mechanical and chemical properties to be able to suck in O2 to store it in the gas chamber and release CO2 out during the process? Eggs develop into embryos and chicks?

Just ask questions about the mechanical - physical - chemical properties of some simple parts of the egg, not to mention the properties and processes of chemistry - bio - molecular - genetics . to yolk and yolk white turns into skin, hair, beak, nails, nervous system, eyes, digestive system, respiratory system, endocrine glands, muscles, bones, blood, sex organs, exocrine glands, connective tissue. of chickens, we also see that no chance, genetic mutation and natural selection could have created the mechanism to form eggs with such miraculous properties in the ovaries of the mother hen. The probability that all these random things happen at the same time will be smaller than the probability that the full enzymes mentioned above can be formed (1/1040,000) countless times. Humans and science are still far from being able to create this egg-producing mechanism. So who's the '

Chicken eggs before incubation, 1 day after incubation, 8 days after incubation and 21 days after incubation – the last day

Obviously, if it is not possible to form an egg in a random way, genetic mutation and natural selection like the theory of evolution, it is not possible through these ways to form roosters, hens, making hens possible growing, fertilizing, and producing an egg – a process far more complex than the process of just producing an egg.

In other words, the first chicken on Earth, more precisely the first pair of cocks and hens on Earth and the mechanism of forming chicken eggs in the hen's lap, must have been due to a wisdom. transcendental, possessing transcendental, great knowledge of mechanics, physics, chemistry, biology, molecules, genetics., able to see through microscopic matter such as molecules, atoms, metabolism, etc. the process from reproduction to death of chickens, can be created.

This transcendent wisdom, the being able to create chickens, chicken eggs, and all creatures on Earth - which is as complex, sophisticated and wondrous as eggs and chickens - isn't it? are the Gods?