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WWB Key Ideas
The process of life evolving into new species.
MODE:
~
4 minutes
of short abstracts.
10 key ideas.
1.
About 950 million years ago, fungi ancestors evolve into multiple early-diverging lineages with flagellated spores: chytrid-like forms.
2.
Around 470 million years ago, plants evolved a waxy cuticle to prevent water loss; only later did water-transporting vascular systems evolve.
3.
The ability for all animals to distinguish between species, predators, and allies is called conspecific recognition.
4.
Archaea are a primary branch of early life, and eukaryotes emerged from within this archaeal lineage.
5.
About 1.75 billion years ago, Monodnaviria evolved as “runaway” genetic loops (plasmids) that stole structural proteins from other viruses to become independent, single-stranded DNA parasites.
6.
The evolution of language is the evolution of communication. From touch which evolved about 800 million years ago to human words. Along the journey, communication included things like gestures, postures, and grunts.
7.
Bonobos and chimpanzees are separate species and cannot interbreed.
8.
Blood evolved gradually over billions of years; oxygen-carrying hemoglobin later transformed complex life.
9.
Quote:
- Charles Darwin.
- 1859.
Meaning:
Survival belongs to organisms that respond effectively to change as environments shift over time.
10.
Play evolved many times in evolution as a survival tool. Mammalian-like play emerged about 190 million years ago.
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