Which Event Is Nearest in Time to the End of the Period

question 36

Multiple Choice

Which event is nearest in time to the end of the period known as snowball Earth?

• A) oxygenation of Earth's seas and atmosphere
• B) evolution of mitochondria
• C) Cambrian explosion
• D) evolution of true multicellularity
• E) Permian extinction

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