Since the old saying (or the “who came first” conundrum) “Did the chicken come first, or the egg?” has puzzled minds for centuries, according to British scientists from Sheffield and Warwick, a certain protein — ovocleidin-17 — was found on the development shell of an egg, which to start with, is found only in a chickens’ ovaries. According to the smarty pants, OC-17 converting calcium carbonate into calcite crystals (thus forming an egg) wouldn’t be possible without a chicken running around first.
So here’s the question: where the heck did that first chicken come from? Sorry, I had to ask.
Via: Daily Tech, Metro.co.uk
