The Incredible Egg (encore)

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Science, Food, History, Arts

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

We love eggs scrambled, fried, or poached; we couldn't enjoy a quiche, meringue, or flan without them. But for scientists and archaeologists, these perfect packages are a source of both wonder and curiosity. Why do eggs come in such a spectacular variety of colors, shapes, and sizes? Why are we stuck mostly eating chicken eggs, when our ancestors feasted on emu, ostrich, and guillemot eggs? This episode, we explore the science and history of eggs, from dinosaurs to double-yolkers! (encore episode) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know how when there's a special hidden bonus, it's sometimes called an Easter Egg?
0:07.5	Well, here's a not-so-hidden Easter Egg for you all.
0:11.3	Special bonus, definitely, but not particularly well hidden, it is instead an encore episode
0:16.6	about eggs.
0:18.0	They're mysterious, they're delicious, frankly, they're incredible.
0:21.4	Enjoy!
0:22.4	The Incredible Edible Egg.
0:26.4	Well, I guess to many, you know, an egg is a favorite breakfast food, but when I think
0:31.6	about vertebrate animals, what stands out to me is that an egg really represents an amazing
0:38.2	evolutionary invention.
0:40.4	Such an amazing evolutionary invention and such a delicious breakfast food that many of
0:45.2	you have asked us to do an episode about them, and so that's just what we're doing.
0:49.1	We of course are Gastropod, the podcast that looks at food through the lens of science
0:53.6	and history.
0:54.6	And I'm Cynthia Graber, and recently Gastropod listeners, Jesse Svet, Jeff Stryanov,
0:59.5	and Benjamin Holloway all wrote in with egg questions.
1:02.6	When did we first start eating eggs, and how did archaeologists figure it out?
1:06.2	Which animals do humans eat eggs from today and throughout history?
1:09.4	What scientific mysteries does the egg still hold?
1:12.7	Or do we know everything there is to know about this incredible, edible, evolutionary invention?
1:18.3	Is there still such a thing as wild chickens?
1:20.6	And if so, how are wild chicken eggs different from farm eggs?
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