Why mammals exist

Support the channel 🤍 This work is made independently and takes a significant amount of time to research and produce. If you want to support these long-form projects and help keep them sustainable, you can do so here : https://fr.tipeee.com/anthony-nova/ Long before true mammals appeared, another lineage quietly reshaped life on land. The synapsids, often mistaken for reptiles or dinosaurs, pioneered many of the biological traits that would later define mammals, from new jaw mechanics to more active, dynamic lifestyles. Across hundreds of millions of years, through extinctions and environmental upheavals, these animals diversified into formidable predators, bulky herbivores, and eventually the first mammal-like forms. This video traces that deep evolutionary story, from Dimetrodon to the dawn of mammals. Compilation of these 5 videos : Part one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfTkkHn81_8 Part two - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBnANBjmWWY Part three - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl0Hkv_mQb4 Part four - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZWeG6U9e5E Part five - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQTFRell2Xc Music by Karl Casey Illustrations by Satoshi Kawasaki, Thomas Sutton, Fabio Alejandro, Felipe Alves Elias, Dimitri Bogdanov, Masato Hattori, Mario Lanzas, Gabriel Ugueto & Ceri Thomas Icons next to names indicate the diet : 🌿Vegetation / 🥔Tubers/Roots / 🪲Terrestrial arthropods / 🪱Invertebrates / 🦎Small vertebrates / 🐟Fish / 🥚Eggs / 🌰 Seeds/Nuts / 🥩Meat / 💀Carrion / 🌱Seaweed/Algae