Did bees a type of insect exist on Earth as early as 200 million years ago Such a theory is supported by the discovery of very old fossil structures that resemble bee nests The structures have been found inside 200 million year old fossilized trees in the

While the reading passage outlines several arguments over the hypothesis that bees existed 200 million years ago and whether structures were created by bees, the lecturer expresses a different point of view.
Firstly, the reading contends that there is no evidence of 200-million-year-old fossils related to bees and the earliest of them is 100 million years old. The professor, however, raises skepticism about this assertion by explaining that the reason for the lack of fossil remains can be the non-existence of materials that are needed for preservation. She emphasizes that resin is a necessary material in the process of fossil formation, but 200 million years ago there were no trees that could produce resin.
Secondly, the article asserts that absence of flowering plants 200-million years ago that bees depend on could be another proof. On the contrary, the professor counters this idea by saying that early bees might fed on non-flowering plants, such as fern and pine trees. According to her, after the advent of flowering plants, bees started to adapt to them and created a relationship with them.
Finally, the reading posits that differences in the details between modern-day bee nests and fossilized structures indicates that instead of bees they were made by other insects. The professor disputes this claim by elaborating that chemically analyzing the fossilized chambers, scientists discovered that they contained the same material that modern bees produce to protect their nests against water.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...r expresses a different point of view. Firstly, the reading contends that there...
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Line 3, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ere no trees that could produce resin. Secondly, the article asserts that absen...
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Line 4, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... and created a relationship with them. Finally, the reading posits that differe...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, firstly, however, if, second, secondly, so, while, such as, on the contrary

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1281.0 1373.03311258 93% => OK
No of words: 237.0 270.72406181 88% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.40506329114 5.08290768461 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.92362132708 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.86387567854 2.5805825403 111% => OK
Unique words: 142.0 145.348785872 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.599156118143 0.540411800872 111% => OK
syllable_count: 376.2 419.366225166 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 13.0662251656 69% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 26.0 21.2450331126 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 33.3999334663 49.2860985944 68% => OK
Chars per sentence: 142.333333333 110.228320801 129% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.3333333333 21.698381199 121% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.6666666667 7.06452816374 151% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.388974231875 0.272083759551 143% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.156922485152 0.0996497079465 157% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.102231998423 0.0662205650399 154% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.219502653346 0.162205337803 135% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0675761506098 0.0443174109184 152% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.2 13.3589403974 129% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 53.8541721854 84% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.0289183223 121% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.39 12.2367328918 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.66 8.42419426049 115% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.498013245 118% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 88.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.5 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.

Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...r expresses a different point of view. Firstly, the reading contends that there...
^^^^^
Line 3, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ere no trees that could produce resin. Secondly, the article asserts that absen...
^^^^^
Line 4, column 1, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
... and created a relationship with them. Finally, the reading posits that differe...
^^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, firstly, however, if, second, secondly, so, while, such as, on the contrary

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1281.0 1373.03311258 93% => OK
No of words: 237.0 270.72406181 88% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.40506329114 5.08290768461 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.92362132708 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.86387567854 2.5805825403 111% => OK
Unique words: 142.0 145.348785872 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.599156118143 0.540411800872 111% => OK
syllable_count: 376.2 419.366225166 90% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 9.0 13.0662251656 69% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 26.0 21.2450331126 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 33.3999334663 49.2860985944 68% => OK
Chars per sentence: 142.333333333 110.228320801 129% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.3333333333 21.698381199 121% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.6666666667 7.06452816374 151% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.388974231875 0.272083759551 143% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.156922485152 0.0996497079465 157% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.102231998423 0.0662205650399 154% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.219502653346 0.162205337803 135% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0675761506098 0.0443174109184 152% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.2 13.3589403974 129% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 53.8541721854 84% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.0289183223 121% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.39 12.2367328918 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.66 8.42419426049 115% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.498013245 118% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 88.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.5 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.