Life: The Science of Biology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781319010164
Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 24.2, Problem 2R
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The changes in environment that has favored the evolution of multicellular organisms at the end of Precambrian.
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Multicellular organisms are the complex organisms including species of animals, land plants, and most
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