Which of the following statements regarding the currently available fossil record is FALSE?

A. The currently available fossil record shows that the earliest fossils of life are about 3.5 billion years old.


B. The currently available fossil record shows that younger strata were laid down on top of older strata.


C. The currently available fossil record shows that single-celled eukaryotes appeared before multicellular eukaryotes.


D. The currently available fossil record documents gradual evolutionary changes that link one group of organisms to another.


E. The currently available fossil record shows that the first life forms were eukaryotes.Which of the following statements regarding the currently available fossil record is FALSE?
E. is false





It is generally accepted that the first living organisms were some form of prokaryotes, which may have evolved out of protobionts (an aggregate of abiotically produced organic molecules surrounded by a membrane or a membrane-like structure). The oldest known fossilized prokaryotes were laid down approximately 3.5 billion years ago, only about 1 billion years after the formation of the earth's crust.Which of the following statements regarding the currently available fossil record is FALSE?
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