Wisdom Builder
Quick Hits
Topic:
Fungi
Timeless ideas at the intersections of science, philosophy, critical thinking, and history.
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4 minutes
Fungi.
Quick Hits
10 random key ideas.
1.
From History: ~20 Million Years Ago (+/- 10 million)
Black mold is part of the normal fungal world: usually a moisture-driven irritant and allergy problem, sometimes a more serious respiratory issue for sensitive or vulnerable people.
2.
From History: ~201 Million Years Ago
The Triassic–Jurassic extinction cleared ecological space for dinosaurs to become the dominant land animals of the Jurassic.
3.
From History: ~1.15 Billion Years Ago (+/- 50 million)
About 1.15 billion years ago, our animial-fungi ancestor evolve a true posterior flagellum. Single-celled animal sperm has a lineage back to this ancestor.
4.
From History: 66.04 million years ago to the present.
The Cenozoic era starts with the K–Pg extinction 66 million years ago. That event marks the sudden end of the reign of dinosaurs and the rise of mammals and birds.
5.
From History: 3.73 Billion Years Ago (after LUCA)
Prokaryotes are nucleus-free cells that include both bacteria and archaea — the two lineages that split shortly after LUCA.
6.
From History: 251,902,000 years ago (+/- 900 years).
The Permian-Triassic extinction was not just the end of many species. It was a planetary reset that destroyed the old synapsid-dominated world and opened the door for the archosaur line that would later give rise to dinosaurs.
7.
From History: ~480 MYA (+/- 20 million)
About 480 million years ago, hyphae began to make land habitable.
8.
From History: ~252 MYA (Permian–Triassic boundary)
At 252 million years ago, the greatest extinction ends the world as known, fungi begin again.
9.
From History: ~950 Million Years Ago (+/- 50 million)
About 950 million years ago, fungi ancestors evolve into multiple early-diverging lineages with flagellated spores: chytrid-like forms.
10.
From History: 3.73 Billion Years Ago (shortly after LUCA)
Archaea are a primary branch of early life, and eukaryotes emerged from within this archaeal lineage.
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