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Mammal Evolution

Dicynodonts were late-surviving non-cynodont therapsids: mammal-side animals, but not on the direct road to mammals.

Sat 23 May 2026

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Last Non-Mammaliaform Cynodonts

~125 Million years ago

Mammal Evolution

Tritylodontids were not mammals, but they were late-surviving mammal-side cousins that carried many mammal-like traits without crossing into the mammaliaform line.

Sat 23 May 2026

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First Therapsids

~272 Million years ago

A more upright posture.

Mammal Evolution

Therapsids mark the point where the mammal-side branch became more active, more specialized, and more clearly aimed toward the later mammal body plan.

Sat 23 May 2026

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Last Non-Mammal Mammaliaforms

~66 Million years ago (tentative placeholder date)

Mammal Evolution

Not every mammaliaform became a mammal; some were late-surviving side branches near the mammal line.

Sat 23 May 2026

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First Crown Mammals

~165 Million years ago (+/- 5 million)

Mammal Evolution

Crown mammals are the branch that includes the common ancestor of all mammals alive today and every descendant of that ancestor.

Sat 23 May 2026

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First Cynodonts

~260 Million years ago

Mammal-like jaw and breathing.

Mammal Evolution

Cynodonts were a more advanced branch of therapsids where the mammal-like jaw, teeth, palate, and breathing package began to come together.

Sat 23 May 2026

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Last Non-Therapsid Synapsids

~262 Million years ago (+/- 2 million)

Not upright like Therapsids.

Mammal Evolution

Late caseids represent the fading old-line synapsids: still mammal-side animals, but not yet therapsids.

Thu 21 May 2026

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First Synapsids

~308 Million years ago

Single temporal opening behind the eye.

Mammal Evolution

Early synapsids looked reptile-like, but they were not on the reptile line. They were the first recognizable step on the long road toward mammals.

Thu 21 May 2026

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Diatoms Emerge

182 Million years ago (+/- 5 million)

Glass-like silica cell walls

Plant Evolution

Diatoms began as tiny glass-shelled “silica” algae, with round centric forms appearing first and elongated pennate forms later adding direction, symmetry, and movement to the microscopic world.

Fri 15 May 2026

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Book: The Idea of History

1946

Published posthumously.

Philosophy of History

Collingwood helped show that history is not just collecting facts. It is the disciplined reconstruction of past human thought and action from surviving evidence.

Sun 3 May 2026

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Albert Einstein (1879 to 1955)

born 1879

Lived 1879 to 1955, aged 76.

Albert Einstein

Einstein taught us that mass and energy are two forms of the same thing and that gravity is better understood as the curvature of spacetime that guides motion.

Sat 2 May 2026

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AI Primary Care – In Progress

Healthcare

The full AI doctor will be as smart as a team of thousands and have access to your medical history and will even suggest additional scans, changes in diet, exercise, and mental care.

Wed 29 Apr 2026

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