Which one of the following is a living fossil?

Which one of the following is a living fossil?
  1. Cycas
  2. moss
  3. Saccharomyces
  4. Spirogyra

Solution

Cycas is called a Living Fossil because Cycads are one of the oldest forms of plant life; they were here long, long before dinosaurs stomped the Earth and have remained basically unaffected.

Asked in: NEET 2004

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