Use the following figure to answer questions 2 and 3. mya - million years ago 1,400 mya -1 bilkan YINS Iga 4,600 mya: Formation of Burth 4000 mya Present day 3,500 mya Okdest known fosl 3,000 myn 2,000 mya | 2000 mya: First multiceled organiams 1,000 myu 2. How old is the oldest known fossil? 3. How much time passed between the Earth's formation and the appearance of the first multicellular organ- ism?

Use the following figure to answer questions 2 and 3. mya - million years ago 1,400 mya -1 bilkan YINS Iga 4,600 mya: Formation of Burth 4000 mya Present day 3,500 mya Okdest known fosl 3,000 myn 2,000 mya | 2000 mya: First multiceled organiams 1,000 myu 2. How old is the oldest known fossil? 3. How much time passed between the Earth's formation and the appearance of the first multicellular organ- ism?

BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)

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Chapter18: Life's Origin And Early Evolution

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Problem 15SA: Arrange these events in order of occurrence, with 1 being the earliest and 6 the most recent: ___1...

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