The last common ancestor of fungi and animals was most likely a
A)multicellular photosynthetic eukaryote.
B)colonial photosynthetic prokaryote.
C)multicellular photosynthetic prokaryote.
D)single-celled eukaryote.

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Fungi and animals are both eukaryotic and heterotrophic, and the last common ancestor is assumed to be a single-celled eukaryote because all animals and fungi have a unicellular ancestral form at some point in their life cycle.

The Last Common Ancestor of Fungi and Animals Was Most