Summarize and discuss the fossil evidence indicating that eukaryotic cells appeared as much as 1.2 billion years ago

Give examples of some of these early eukaryotic organisms. What will be an ideal response?


The Mesoproterozoic rocks 1.2 billion years old in Canada contain fossils of the oldest
known eukaryotes. Other Proterozoic rocks have older fossils, but the affinities are unknown.
The oldest megafossil was found in 2.1 billion year old rock in Michigan. In addition,
acritarchs, which are probably cysts of floating algae, are found in the rocks. Vase-shaped
skeletons have been found, and have tentatively been identified as cysts of algae.

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