So now we know

Ever wondered which came first, the chicken or the egg ?

No ? Me neither. But apparently a specialist in evolutionary genetics at the University of Nottingham has been wondering and even better, has come up with the definitive answer. (I won't spoil it for those who do want to know)

Over the next couple of years he's starting to formulate the 'birds in hand' to 'birds in bush' ratio.

Prof Brookfield was keen to stress that:

scientists did not spend endless time and money discussing the chicken and egg question.

If you replaced the word 'endless' with the word 'any', it might sound a bit more like you weren't p*****g University money up a wall, professor.