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When did prokaryotes arise?

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Mid to late nineteenth century.

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Prokaryotic cells are believed to have arisen in the Archean Eon about 2500-3800 million years ago.

There is fossilized evidence of prokaryotes approximately 3.5 billion years ago, during the first billion years after the formation of the Earth.

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Prokaryotic cells evolved approximately 3050 million years ago. the oldest known fossilized prokaryots are 3.5 million years ago.

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3.8 billion years

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precambrian era

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