I don’t think trees are older than bacteria in general. Bacteria still existed, it’s just that bacteria didn’t develop the ability to break down wood until long after trees had come on the scene
The ancestors of bacteria were unicellular microorganisms that were the first forms of life to appear on Earth, about 4 billion years ago.[23] For about 3 billion years, most organisms were microscopic, and bacteria and archaea were the dominant forms of life.
that isnt true, there was no decomposing fungi, bacteria that evolved yet at the time of the carbiniferous peroid, and those “tree” were actually gigantic gametophytes(posessing half the chromosomes) of early bryophytes. the actual first tree dint evolve til after that peroid.
Also trees existed before bacteria did. So when a tree died it just fell over and sat there for a while. Never decomposing
I don’t think trees are older than bacteria in general. Bacteria still existed, it’s just that bacteria didn’t develop the ability to break down wood until long after trees had come on the scene
The earliest trees evolved around 400 million years ago.
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The ancestors of bacteria were unicellular microorganisms that were the first forms of life to appear on Earth, about 4 billion years ago.[23] For about 3 billion years, most organisms were microscopic, and bacteria and archaea were the dominant forms of life.
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It’d be remarkably fortuitous if bacteria evolved to break down wood before wood existed.
Yeah, I was quick in writing that comment
that isnt true, there was no decomposing fungi, bacteria that evolved yet at the time of the carbiniferous peroid, and those “tree” were actually gigantic gametophytes(posessing half the chromosomes) of early bryophytes. the actual first tree dint evolve til after that peroid.
Wild fires must have been insane.