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Originally Posted by kirant
Well, that one is easy. The first genetic mutation of what was pre-chicken that contained what today is defined as a chicken was the egg of a chicken. The it hatched into a chicken. So a pre-chicken laid a chicken egg, making the egg come first, similar to how current scientific theory states that the first human fetus was developed as a mutation from an earlier string of the species (which isn't as easy to explain).
...Or am I missing the point of the question?
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To play devil's advocate, then explain why essentially all genetic mutations observed in the modern world are harmful to an organism, and almost never give an advantage over its competitors??
edit: sorry, some mutations are neutral and do not give an organism an advantage or disadvantage... some mutations are in fact beneficial- extremely rare though