Which of the following statements provides the strongest evidence that prokaryotes evolved before eukaryotes?
a) meteorites that have struck Earth
b) abiotic laboratory experiments that produced liposomes
c) Liposomes closely resemble prokaryotic cells.
d) the primitive structure of plants
e) The oldest fossilized cells resemble prokaryotes.
Ans: e) The oldest fossilized cells resemble prokaryotes.
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