Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
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The given blank space in the statement “The most pivotal event on earth in the history of life that allowed the emergence of eukaryotic cells was the ______.”
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Life on Earth emerged 3.5 bya (billion years ago) and the earliest environments on the planet were mostly reducing in nature. Prokaryotes are the most primitive organisms and they were the first life forms on earth. Eukaryotes, on the other hand, are more complex. The oldest eukaryote is 2.7 bya old.
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