Data from both phylogenies and the fossil record show all of the following EXCEPT:

A. the earliest animals appeared more
recently than the earliest land plants.
B. microorganisms diverged early in
evolutionary history.
C. flowering plants diverged more recently
than algae.
D. primates diverged more recently than
tetrapod vertebrates.
E. diversity has accumulated over time.


A

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