What evolution means to most people:
๐โ๐ฆโ๐โ๐ถ
Ok, that happened. Once.
How it usually goes:
๐โ๐โ๐โ๐
or
๐โ๐โ๐โ๐
and just sometimes
๐โ๐ข
๐โ๐ฆ
๐โ๐ณ
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What evolution means to most people:
๐โ๐ฆโ๐โ๐ถ
Ok, that happened. Once.
How it usually goes:
๐โ๐โ๐โ๐
or
๐โ๐โ๐โ๐
and just sometimes
๐โ๐ข
๐โ๐ฆ
๐โ๐ณ
Polyphyly:
(๐ข๐ง),๐ Beaked animals
Paraphyly:
(๐๐ข),๐ง Reptiles
Monophyly:
(๐๐ง),๐ข Archosaurs
Single filey:
๐ง๐ง๐ง๐ง๐ง๐ง๐ง๐ง๐ง๐ง๐ง
Calendar of evolution:
Jan 1โฃ1st life
Nov 2๐1st animals
Nov 20๐1st land animals
Nov 23๐ฆ1st sharks
Nov 26๐ธ1st tetrapods
Dec 3๐ฒ1st seed plants
Dec 9๐๐
Dec 10๐ฆ1st dinos
Dec 11๐ญ1st mammals
Dec 19๐ผ1st flowers
Dec 20๐ฆ1st birds
Dec 25๐ฆ1st T rex
Dec 26โ๐
Dec 31๐1st humans
How many months of pregnancy?
<1๐๐๐น
1๐๐ฟ๏ธ๐จ
2๐ฆ๐บ๐๐
3๐๐๐
4๐๐ผ
5๐๐
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7๐ป๐ฆ
8๐ฆ
9๐๐คฐ
10๐
11๐๐
12๐ฌ
13๐ซ๐ช
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16๐ฆ๐ณ
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18๐ฆ
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21๐
22๐ฆ
kg mass:
10ยณโฐ๐
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10ยฒโต๐
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10ยฒยณ๐
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10ยนโด๐ป
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10ยนยน๐
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10โธ๐
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10โถ๐ฒ
10โต๐
10โด๐
10ยณ๐ฆ
100โน๏ธ
10๐ฉ
1๐
0.1๐
0.01๐ฆ
0.001๐ฅ
10ยฏโด๐
10ยฏโต๐
10ยฏโถ๐ฆ
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10ยฏยนยฒ๐cellโ๐ถ
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10ยฏยนโต๐ตcellโ๐ฆ
10ยฏยนโถ๐งฌchromosome
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10ยฏยนโธ๐นvirus
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10ยฏยฒโถโ๏ธ
Christmas tree:
โ๐
โ| _โ๐ฟ(holly)
| | | โ๐ฑ(ivy)
| โ| โ๐ฐ(roasting on๐ฅ)
|โโโพโ๐๐ณ
|โโ _โ๐
| โโ| โ๐คถ
| โ|โ๐(not stirring)
|โ|โ|โ๐(dashing through๐จ๏ธ)
|โ| โ| โ๐ด๐๐ฆ
|โ|โโโพโ(all of the other)๐ฆ
โ|โ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ
โ| โ๐ซ๐ท๐๐ซ๐ท๐๐ซ๐ท๐
โโโพโ๐ฆข๐ฆข๐ฆข๐ฆข๐ฆข๐ฆข๐ฆข
Interspecies hybrids:
๐ฏโร๐ฆโโtigon
๐ฆโร๐ฏโโliger
๐โร๐ฆโโleopon
๐ฆโร๐โโlipard
๐ร๐โgeep
๐ฆร๐ดโzebroid
๐ซร๐ชโtรผlu
๐ร๐โrangpur
๐จ๐ฑ๐ร๐จ๐ฆ๐โthe๐we eat
๐จร๐ฆโno
โ๏ธ/โ๏ธnames:
๐ฆ๐๐น๐๐ฟ๏ธ๐จbuck/doe
๐๐๏ธ๐ฆcock/hen
๐ฆdrake/hen
๐ฆtom/hen
๐บtom/queen
๐๐drone/queen
๐ท๐ฆ๐ป๐ผboar/sow
๐ram/ewe
๐ฆtod/vixen
๐ด๐ฆstallion/mare
๐๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฌbull/cow
๐ผstaminate/pistillate
๐mating type A1B1/mating type A1B2/mating type A2B1/mating typeโฆ
Species/planet
โช๏ธ(โฟ):0
๐ก(โ๏ธ):0
๐(โจ):2000000+
๐ด(โ๏ธ):0
๐ค(โ):0
๐ช(โ):0
๐ข(โข):0
๐ต(โ):0
Bovid 19
๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆฌ๐๐โโโ๐ฅ๐ฅฉ๐
Covalent bonds by # of๐ฆถ
Water
๐๐ฅ๐
Carbon dioxide
๐ฅ๐๐ฅ
Hydrogen
๐๐
Methane
โ๐
๐๐๐
โ๐
Ethanol
โ๐
๐๐๐
๐๐๐
โ๐ฅ
โ๐
Vinegar
โ๐
๐๐๐
๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐
Glucose
โ๐ฅ๐๐
๐๐ฅ๐๐
โ๐๐๐ฅ๐
๐๐ฅ๐๐
๐๐ฅ๐๐
โ๐๐๐
โโ๐ฅ
โโ๐
Phosphoric acid
โโ๐ฅ
๐๐ฅโญ๏ธ๐ฅ๐
โโ๐ฅ
โ๐
Helium
๐
If you say๐ตโ๐ฉin 10^7 years is absurdโฆ
But accept
๐โ๐ฆ
๐ฃโ๐
๐ถโ๐ด
๐ฐโ๐ณ
in <10^2 yearsโฆ
Is it really about plausible rates of change? Or your ego?
"The great Tree of Lifeโฆ with its ever-branching and beautiful ramifications"
-C Darwin
โโโ๐ฏ๐ผ๐บ๐ท๐ณ๐ฆ
โ โ|
โ| โ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฟ๏ธ๐น
| |
โ| โ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ
๐๐ข
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| โ๐ท๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐
|
| โ๐ท๐พ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฅฅ
| |
โ| โ๐ต๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ป๐ถ๏ธ๐ฅ
| |
โ| โ๐๐ฅ๐น๐๐๐
โ โ|
โโโ๐๐๐๐ฅฆ๐ซ๐บ
Fruit tree
โ๐ฅ
โ๐๐
| โ๐ฅ
| โ| โ๐ถ
โ| โพโ๐
๐
โ| โ๐
โ โพ| โ๐๐
โ โพ| โ๐
โ| โ| โ๐
โ โพ| โพโ ๐๐ฅ
โ | โ๐
โ โพ| โ๐๐
โ โพโ๐๐
relative # species/family
Aster๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป
Pea๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Coffeeโโโโโโโโโโโโโ
Grass๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ
Mint๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฟ
Cacao๐ซ๐ซ๐ซ๐ซ
Carrot๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Crucifer๐ฅฆ๐ฅฆ๐ฅฆ๐ฅฆ
Bromeliad๐๐๐๐
Rose๐๐๐
Grape๐
The Scientific Method:
Question
โ๐ฑ=โ
Hypothesis
โ๐ฑ=โต๏ธ
Experiment
โ๐ฑ+๐
Result
โ๐ต
Conclusion
โ๐ฑโ โต๏ธ
Favorite use for keratin?
๐mucus
๐ธskin
๐ฆscales
๐ขscutes
๐ฆ
feathers
๐ฆspines
๐ฆmane
๐ฆclaws
๐ฆhorn
๐baleen
๐wool
๐hooves
๐ญwhiskers
๐nails
๐income
Organisms on flags:
๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐พ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ธ
๐๐ญ๐ท
๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฎ
๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฉ
๐๐ซ๐ฐ
๐๐ญ๐ท
๐ฆ๐ต๐ช
๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ธ
๐๐ป๐ช
๐๐ป๐บ
๐ฅ๐ง๐ฟ
๐ฆ
๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ท๐ธ๐ฒ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ช๐ฌ
๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฒ
๐ง๐ฌ๐ธ
๐๐ซ๐ฏ
๐ฆ(other)๐จ๐ฝ๐ช๐จ๐ฌ๐น๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฌ๐ธ๐ญ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ธ๐บ๐ฌ๐ฟ๐ผ
๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ง๐น
๐ข๐ฐ๐พ
๐๐ฒ๐ฝ
๐ฆ๐น๐จ
๐ฟ๐จ๐พ๐ช๐ท๐ฌ๐น๐ธ๐ฒ
๐ด๐ซ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐บ๐ญ๐น๐ฎ๐ด
๐ณ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ต๐ช
๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ง๐ณ๐ซ
๐ต๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐จ
๐๐จ๐ฆ
๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฉ
๐๐ฐ๐พ
๐๐ซ๐ฏ
Who shares a great-great-etc. grandparent with you?
# of โgreatsโ:
10โฐ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ฝ
10ยน๐ง๐พ๐ง๐ฝ
10ยฒ๐ง๐ผ๐ฉ๐ฟโ๐ฆฑall humans
10ยณ
10โด
10โต
10โถ๐ฆ๐ฆงall apes
10โท๐ต๐
10โธ๐ฐ๐ฏ
10โน๐ฆ๐all animals
10ยนโฐ๐ผ๐ฒ
10ยนยน
10ยนยฒ๐ฆ ๐all life
Just one organic chemical and its degradation products is why:
๐ฉธ=๐ด
๐ฅฉ=๐ด
๐คฎ=๐ก๐ข
๐
ฟ๏ธ=๐ก
๐ฉ=๐ค
Thanks, heme, for making me a๐!
How good is your๐?
# olfactory receptor genes:
0-100๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ฆฆ
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200-300๐ฆ
300-400๐ฉโ๐ฆฒ๐ฆ
400-500๐ต๐ฆง๐ฆ
500-600๐ฆ
600-700๐
700-800๐ด
800-900๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ผ๐ถ
900-1000๐
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1100-1200๐ฆ
1200-1300๐๐ฎ
1300-1400๐ท
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2100-2200๐ฆฅ
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2500-2600๐
Digital tech:
๐ฑ๐ฅ๏ธ๐ป๐พ๐
Nondigital tech:
๐๏ธ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ผโ๏ธโณ
Digital animals:
๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ธ๐ฟ๏ธ
Nondigital animals:
๐๐ ๐ก๐ฆ๐ชฑ
relative # of described species:
plants๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ป
fungi๐๐๐
beetles๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
butterflies/moths๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ
flies๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ
other insects๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
mollusks๐๐๐
arachnids๐ท๏ธ๐ท๏ธ๐ท๏ธ
other invertebrates๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ
tetrapods๐
other vertebrates๐ก
๐ง๐พ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ธ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ =๐งฌ
๐ง๐พ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ธ๐๐ฆ๐=๐ง ๐งฌ
๐ง๐พ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ธ๐๐ฆ=๐๐ง ๐งฌ
๐ง๐พ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ธ๐=๐ฆด๐๐ง ๐งฌ
๐ง๐พ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ธ=๐ฆต๐ป๐ฆด๐๐ง ๐งฌ
๐ง๐พ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ=๐ฅ๐ฆต๐ป๐ฆด๐๐ง ๐งฌ
๐ง๐พ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ=๐คฐ๐ฝ๐ฅ๐ฆต๐ป๐ฆด๐๐ง ๐งฌ
๐ง๐พ๐ฆ๐=๐
๐ผ๐คฐ๐ฝ๐ฅ๐ฆต๐ป๐ฆด๐๐ง ๐งฌ
๐ง๐พ๐ฆ=๐๐ฟ๐
๐ผ๐คฐ๐ฝ๐ฅ๐ฆต๐ป๐ฆด๐๐ง ๐งฌ
๐ง๐พ=๐ฃ๏ธ๐๐ฟ๐
๐ผ๐คฐ๐ฝ๐ฅ๐ฆต๐ป๐ฆด๐๐ง ๐งฌ
Industrial melanism:
๐๐๐๐๐โโฌโ๐ญโ
๐โโฌ๐โโฌ๐โโฌ๐โโฌ๐โโฌ
Hypogean depigmentation:
๐๐โโฌ๐โโฌ๐โโฌ๐โโฌโ๐โ
๐โ๐โ๐โ๐โ๐โ
Daisyworld:
๐๐๐๐โโฌ๐โโฌโ๐ฅถโ
๐๐๐โโฌ๐โโฌ๐โโฌโ๐ฅตโ
๐๐๐๐โโฌ๐โโฌโ๐ฅถโ
๐๐๐โโฌ๐โโฌ๐โโฌโ๐ฅตโ
๐๐๐๐โโฌ๐โโฌโ๐ฅถโ
๐๐๐โโฌ๐โโฌ๐โโฌโ๐ฅตโโฆ
What are๐บ?
Dust of a๐
Mostly๐ง
A๐งฌlonger than any๐, in more copies than all the๐on๐
Cousin to๐ฌ๐ฆข๐ฆ๐ณ
More๐ง cells than # of๐ฅalive
A๐งฐthat can make๐ผ๏ธ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฝor๐ฃ
A๐ฆ after billions of version updates
A๐งณmade of๐ฅฉfilled with๐ฉ
Among the fewโ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธin๐that can๐ค๐ฅฐ๐ข๐โฆ
Chromosome #
2๐
6๐ฆ
14๐ฅ
16๐จ๐๐
18๐๐ฅ๐ฅฆ๐ฅฌ
20๐ฆ๐ฝ
22๐ฆ๐
24๐ท๐ถ๏ธ๐ฅ๐
26๐
28๐น
30๐ฆ
32๐๐๐ฅฅ
33๐
34๐ฆ๐๐๐ป
36๐๐ฆ
38๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ท๐
40๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฅญ
42๐ผ๐๐ก
44๐ฌ๐น๐ฐ๐ฆก
46๐ฅ๐ฆ
48๐ฆ๐ฅ
50๐๐
54๐
56๐๐
60๐ฎ๐
64๐ด
66๐ฆ
๐ฆ
70๐ฆ
74๐ป๐ช๐ฆ
76๐๏ธ
78๐๐ถ๐บ
80๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆข
82๐ฆ๐ฆ
84๐บ
88๐ฆ
90๐
110๐ฆ
174๐ฅ
๐history (ร10^6 years)
4000๐
3000๐โฃ๏ธ
2000๐โฃ๏ธ
1000๐โฃ๏ธ
500๐โฃ๏ธ๐๐
450๐โฃ๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐
400๐โฃ๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐ท๏ธ๐
350๐โฃ๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐ฒ๐
300๐โฃ๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐
250๐โฃ๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฆ
200๐โฃ๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ธ๐๐ฆ
150๐โฃ๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ
100๐โฃ๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ
50๐โฃ๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐พ
โ0๐คณ
Biotic exchanges:
Beringian ๐:๐๐บ๐โโ๐ช๐:๐
Columbian ๐:๐ป๐๐
๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฅ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆโโ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:๐
Pathogen ๐คโโ๐คง
Mimicry (mimic:model, model isโฆ)
Batesian๐ฅ:๐ฃ โฆmore dangerous
Mรผllerian๐ฆ:โ๏ธ โฆas dangerous
Mertensian๐ฆ:๐ โฆless dangerous
Vavilovian๐ข:๐ โฆtasty