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Who came first prokaryotes or eukaryotes?


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Prokaryotes:

  1. Prokaryotes are more primitive and had evolved much earlier than eukaryotes.
  2. They are unicellular in nature, as they possess a single cell like bacteria and archaea.
  3. While few single cells and all multicellular organisms are known as eukaryotes, although they have the cytoplasm and genetic material in common.

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