# The chicken came first.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 14, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chicken-came-first/546657 "2010-07-14T14:31:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chicken-came-first/546657/1 "2010-07-14T14:31:06Z")

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_After the publication of the rather dry-sounding scientific paper, “Structural Control of Crystal Nuclei by an Eggshell Protein,” press headlines proclaimed the answer was… the chicken._

from [CNN .](http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/14/england.chicken.egg.riddle/index.html?hpt=C1&fbid=yAdgKHuwdF7)

🙂

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**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-chicken-came-first/546657/2 "2010-07-14T14:36:55Z")

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I’m pretty sure the rooster came first. 😃