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What does the text indicate about the geological formation at Mistaken Point? Paleontologists searching for signs of ancient life have found many fossilized specimens of prehistoric human ancestors, including several from the Pleistocene era discovered in a geological formation in the Minatogawa quarry in Japan. However, to study the emergence of the earliest multicellular organisms to appear on Earth, researchers must turn elsewhere, such as to the Ediacaran geological formation at Mistaken Point in Canada. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the 146-hectare reserve contains more than 10,000 fossils that together document a critical moment in evolutionary history.
- 1It contains specimens from an older time period than those found in the formation in the Minatogawa quarry.✓
- 2It is widely considered by paleontologists to be the most valuable source of information about prehistoric life forms.
- 3It has provided evidence that the earliest human species may have emerged before the Pleistocene era.
- 4It holds a greater number of fossils but from a smaller variety of species than the formation in the Minatogawa quarry does.
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It contains specimens from an older time period than those found in the formation in the Minatogawa quarry.
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