Question

Which describes the scientific view's order of earth's first living things to the most recent?

A.
cyanobacteria, crocodilians, hagfish, giant ground sloths


B.
cyanobacteria. hagfish, giant ground sloths, crocodilians


C.
cyanobacteria, hagfish, crocodilians, giant ground sloths


D.
crocodilians, giant ground sloths, hagfish, cyanobacteria

Answer 1

The scientific view's order of Earth's first living things to the most recent is described by choice C. cyanobacteria, hagfish, crocodilians, giant ground sloths. Cyanobacteria have lived on the Earth since the Precambrian supereon. Actually, they first appeared in the Archean eon (4-2.5 billion years ago). Hagfish, as other jawless fish, appeared in the Paleozoic era (541-252 million years ago). Crocodilians appeared in the Cretaceous period (145-66 million years ago). Giant ground sloths, also known as megatherium, appeared in the Pliocene epoch (5.33-2.58 million years ago).