Question 9

(Multiple Choice)

The minimum age of the LUCA (last unique common ancestor)is the age of the oldest fossils that can be identified with certainty as close relatives of present-day prokaryotes and eukaryotes.Such fossils are about ________.


A) 3.8 billion years old
B) 2 billion years old
C) 542 million years old
D) 3.28 billion years old
E) 65 million years old

Answer