TST Trainer
History Trading Cards
Topic:
Wisdom Builder
Timeless ideas at the intersections of science, philosophy, critical thinking, and history.
MODE:
When
Stuff Happened
Final Word
Holistic Eudaimonia
Featuring Mike's mantra.
To Live Well
Timeline
Ginkgo biloba-like Trees: True Leaves
Plant Evolution
270 Million Years Ago (+/- 5 million years)
Efficient vascular networks inside leaves
Science
Timeline
Presentient Animals Emerge: The Ediacaran Prelude
Evolution
635 to 590 Million Years Ago
Proto-brain; Pre-brain memory; Presentient.
Science
Timeline
Augustine of Hippo
- Saint Augustine
Situational Ethics
born 354
Lived from 354 to 430 CE, aged about 76.
History
Timeline
True Circulatory Systems: Blood Veins
Animal Evolution
545 Million Years Ago (after through-gut digestion: mouth/anus)
Circulatory fluid transport (veins)
Science
Timeline
Bacteria Photosynthesis begins
Bacteria Evolution
~3 Billion years ago
Photosynthetic experiments
Science
Timeline
Baboons Branch Off: Old World Monkeys
- Opposable thumbs, could sit up but had tails and walked on all four.
- circa 27 Million Years Ago
Last Common Ancestor
27 Million Years Ago (+/- 2 million)
Large neocortex, Coalition politics emerge
History
Timeline
Internal Fluid Transport in Early Animals
Evolution
~550 Million Years Ago (+/- 25 million)
Diffusion and body-cavity circulation
Science
Timeline
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