Though you were not on earth at the time, if you had to predict the method of reproduction utilized by the earliest organisms on this planet, which of the following choices would you select?
a) alternating between sexual and asexual reproduction
b) reproduction by duplicating their DNA material and dividing in two
c) sexual reproduction as it is seen in current eukaryotic organisms
d) None of the above are correct; the earliest organism most likely did not reproduce.
e) None of the above are correct, a combination of fission and fusion occurred.
Ans: b) reproduction by duplicating their DNA material and dividing in two
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