Lot longer than 500 million
More like 3 billion plus for bacteria and algae. It's only 500 million for multi-cellular life (mostly, there were some simple multicellular things before the Cambrian explosion if I remember right).
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More like 3 billion plus for bacteria and algae. It's only 500 million for multi-cellular life (mostly, there were some simple multicellular things before the Cambrian explosion if I remember right).