NEETZoologyEvolution
What is significant about the Coelacanth discovered in 1938?
Options
- AIt was the first amphibian discovered
- BIt was a jawless fish
- CIt was thought to be extinct but was found alive
- DIt was the largest dinosaur
Correct answer
C. It was thought to be extinct but was found alive
Step-by-step solution
About 2000 million years ago (mya) the first cellular forms of life appeared on earth. The mechanism of how non-cellular aggregates of giant macromolecules could evolve into cells with membranous envelop is not known. Some of these cells had the ability to release O2. The reaction could have been similar to the light reaction in photosynthesis where water is split with the help of solar energy captured and channelised by appropriate light harvesting pigments. Slowly single-celled organisms became multicellular life