Wisdom Builder
Quick Hits
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Animals.
Quick Hits
10 random key ideas.
1.
All great apes share the same general hair-follicle pattern and follicle count—a primate pattern that likely goes back over 50 million years.
2.
From History:
About 255 million years ago, during the late Permian, our mammalian ancestory, the synapsids ruled the land.
3.
Article summary:
Cultural transmission is the passing of learned behavior, knowledge, and traditions from one generation to the next in all animals.
4.
From History:
Neoaves is the enormous living bird branch that includes all birds that are not part of the ostrich-tinamou branch and not part of the duck-chicken branch.
5.
Comparing the EQ of chimps and humans gives chimps an equivalent IQ of about 35 to 40.
6.
From History:
Ornithodirans were the early branch that later gave rise to both pterosaurs and dinosaurs, including birds.
7.
Dinosaurs were probably not movie-raptor smart, yet 170 million years of evolution and a badly incomplete fossil record give us good reason to keep an open mind.
8.
From History:
Weird carryovers and side experiments: clawed wings, elaborate ribbon-like tail feathers, and a mix of advanced beak features with a still primitive dinosaurian body.
9.
When emotion rises, pause long enough to ask whether your response fits the situation and helps make things better.
10.
From History:
Hesperornithiformes were early, highly specialized diving birds that evolved before modern birds.
Done. Refresh for another set.
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Content and coding by Michael Alan Prestwood.
(c) 2025-2026 TouchstoneTruth.
Content and coding by Michael Alan Prestwood.
