Who said it was slow?
You perhaps are forgetting microorganisms and that those microorganisms had to increase the oxygen supply before the " noticeable " and larger organisms starting evolving.
Also, it is true that anaerobic metabolisms are somewhat less energetic than oxygen-based systems.
Limited genetic diversity and a lack of environmental pressures are thought to have contributed to the slow pace of evolution during the first two billion years. The early Earth had simpler life forms that were not subject to significant competition or changing environments, which resulted in slower rates of evolutionary change.
The slow pace of evolution in the first two billion years of life on Earth was due to limited genetic diversity and the lack of complex mechanisms for genetic variation. As life forms were simple and unicellular, mutations were rare and the environment was relatively stable compared to later periods, which slowed down the process of natural selection and evolution.
Plants came first in the evolution of life on Earth, appearing before animals.
Lack of enough free oxygen in the atmosphere and oceans. The ability for cells to utilise oxygen was the breakthrough for eukaryotes. Before this time there wasn't enough free oxygen, but this period was the start of an accelerated diversification for single celled organisms.
Prokaryotes populated Earth for about 1.5 billion years before the evolution of eukaryotic cells, which are more complex. Eukaryotic cells are believed to have evolved around 2 billion years ago through a process called endosymbiosis.
Limited genetic diversity and a lack of environmental pressures are thought to have contributed to the slow pace of evolution during the first two billion years. The early Earth had simpler life forms that were not subject to significant competition or changing environments, which resulted in slower rates of evolutionary change.
The slow pace of evolution in the first two billion years of life on Earth was due to limited genetic diversity and the lack of complex mechanisms for genetic variation. As life forms were simple and unicellular, mutations were rare and the environment was relatively stable compared to later periods, which slowed down the process of natural selection and evolution.
Of course. Evolution has happened ever since life first came into existence on Earth, some 3.5 billion years ago.
Anaerobic metabolisms and asexual reproduction
Scientists have believed that chemical evolution occurred about 4 billion years ago, shortly after the formation of the Earth. This process is thought to have led to the development of the first life forms on our planet.
It's not possible to know exactly when a creature first appears from it's evolution, but the cyclomedusa is found over one billion years ago.
No, rocks that are 3.5 billion years were not present when earth was first formed. Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago.
Plants came first in the evolution of life on Earth, appearing before animals.
Lack of enough free oxygen in the atmosphere and oceans. The ability for cells to utilise oxygen was the breakthrough for eukaryotes. Before this time there wasn't enough free oxygen, but this period was the start of an accelerated diversification for single celled organisms.
Scientists believe that the molecule that came first in the evolution of life on Earth is RNA (ribonucleic acid).
Gigayear. The early Earth is loosely defined as Earth in its first one billion years, or gigayear (Ga, 109y). The “early Earth” encompasses approximately the first gigayear in the evolution of our planet, from its initial formation in the young Solar System at about 4.55 Ga to sometime in the Archean eon at about 3.5 Ga.
Prokaryotes populated Earth for about 1.5 billion years before the evolution of eukaryotic cells, which are more complex. Eukaryotic cells are believed to have evolved around 2 billion years ago through a process called endosymbiosis.