Re: First life form on earth

I dont know if I am on the right track.
I found out that  prokaryote is a Greek term such that pro means before and
karyote means Chromosomes.
Therefore prokaryote means in Greek " Before the coming of the age of
Chromosomes in living cells".

Khoon.


"Red Dragon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Thanks fellows for broadening my horizon.
> Now that prokaryote has been named as the universal common ancestor,  and
> the explanation on the Five Kingdoms of Life by Norman, it has led me to
> more questions.
>
> 1.  How did prokaryote get its name.  Like is it  " The father of all
living
> things" in Latin or Greek or something?
>