Unexplainable Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
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Jan 3, 2024 The podcast explores the mystery of a strange golden egg found at the bottom of the ocean, the role of hard-shelled eggs in the transition to land, and various mysteries surrounding eggs. It also tackles the age-old question of the chicken or the egg and reveals the answer attributed to Professor Mike Benton.
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Golden Orb Deep Ocean Discovery
- Scientists found a mysterious golden orb deep in the Alaskan ocean, sparking curiosity and speculation.
- The object was collected and sent to the Smithsonian for DNA analysis to identify its nature.
Hard Eggs Not Key To Land
- The long-held belief that hard-shelled eggs allowed vertebrates to move permanently onto land lacks fossil evidence.
- Without fossils, scientists question if live birth, not hard eggs, was the evolutionary key to terrestrial life.
Eggs May Select Sperm Chemically
- Recent studies suggest eggs may choose sperm selectively, challenging the idea of random fertilization.
- This implies egg and sperm interaction is more of a chemical dance than a random race.