The Emergence Machine

Mammal

physical · Biology · Level 7 · E6

E6Organisms

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

A living system or structure that can interact with and respond to its environment, involving animal and life.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “mammal” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “mammal”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0MammalReproductionAnimalOrganismCellFormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesBeaverL8CatL8CetaceanL8ChimpanzeeL8CowL8MammalL7AnimalL5ReproductionL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Animal L5 (requires) Biology sense
    Remediation: bridge fix
  • Reproduction L6 (requires)
    Remediation: bridge fix

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