Approximately how many years ago did the earliest eukaryotic organisms emerge?

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11 May 2018
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The earliest eukaryotes are estimated to have appeared around 1.5 billion years ago, which is significantly later than the origin of prokaryotes that dates back about 3.5 billion years.

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