#Question id: 4958
#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior
What is true of the fossil record of mammalian origins?
#Question id: 4959
#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior
If a fossil is encased in a stratum of sedimentary rock without any strata of igneous rock (e.g., lava, volcanic ash) nearby, then it should be
#Question id: 4960
#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior
Letʹs say that a hypothetical submersible robot was used to collect samples of sedimentary rock from the sea floor along the section illustrated. The robot moved back and forth along the transect, collecting first from site A, then site III, then site B, then site II, and lastly site D. Assuming that sedimentation has occurred at a constant rate along the transect over the past million years, rearrange the sites mentioned above on the basis of the thickness of the sediments overlying the igneous rock, from thickest to thinnest.
#Question id: 4961
#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior
An early consequence of the release of oxygen gas by plant and bacterial photosynthesis was to
#Question id: 4963
#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior
Which free-living cells were the earliest contributors to the formation of Earthʹs oxidizing atmosphere?
#Question id: 4964
#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior
Which of the following statements provides the strongest evidence that prokaryotes evolved before eukaryotes?