By dating the rocks in the ever-changing crust, as well as neighbors such as the moon and visiting meteorites, scientists have calculated that Earth is 4.54 billion years old, with an error range of 50 million years.
The answer is Speciation cannot occur in the absence of mutation. Speciation cannot occur in the absence of natural selection
Basement membranes are thin, dense sheets of specialized, self- assembled extracellular matrix that surround most animal tissues. The basement membrane is a fibrous matrix composed primarily of glycoproteins, type IV collagen, and laminin that are secreted by the epithelial cells.