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    6 months ago

    I recall reading somewhere that it would have been a proto- chicken kind of thing. Like not quite a chicken but it laid an egg and the first chicken came out.

    Maybe a gene mutation of some sort.

    • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Even that’s not that clear cut. The mutants and the nonmutant proto chickens interbred regularly and different mutants showed up and also interbred. The real answer is there’s no platonic ideal chicken but we really want to categorize this thing.

      Edit: I guess the platonic ideal chicken is a man according to diogenes.