WWB Trainer
WWB Takeaways
Timeless ideas at the intersections of science, philosophy, critical thinking, and history.
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5 minutes
of takeaways.
10 takeaways. Ten complete ideas.
1.
From History: ~1.75 billion years ago (+/- 50 million)
Last Eukaryote Common Ancestor
By 1.75 billion years ago, sexual reproduction emerged. It emerged after viruses and bacteria deep in early single-celled eukaryotic history, before the major branches of life split apart. Early sexual systems were often not male/female, but mating types. Sometimes 2, 3, or even dozens. In rare cases, thousands.
2.
From History: ~425 Million years ago (+/- 25 million)
Ascomycota and Basidiomycota Split
By 425 million years ago, fungi split into ascomycota and basidiomycota. Ascomycota gave rise to yeasts, truffles, and many molds. Basidiomycota gave rise mushrooms, puffballs, and bracket fungi.
3.
From History: 3.73 Billion Years Ago (shortly after LUCA)
Ether-linked membranes and distinct genetic machinery
Plants, fungi, and animals trace their deepest cellular ancestry through archaea. Eukaryotic life did not arise from bacteria alone, but from an archaeal host that partnered with bacteria.
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