Question

What is the first animal that was on the earth and how long have they been here.

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Answer 1

It depends on what you mean by animal. If you mean with a vertebrae…it was jawless fish about 500 million years ago. If you mean any animal, it would be the sponges about 700 million years ago.
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Answer 2

Sponges were among the earliest animals. While chemical compounds from sponges are preserved in rocks as old as 700 million years, molecular evidence points to sponges developing even earlier.