On today's episode; the oldest mammalian ancestor is discovered, an update on the flight of the Parker Solar Probe, plus, on 'This Day in History', the show that would influence children's television for generations to come -- Howdy Doody.

World's oldest mammalian ancestor discovered in Mallorca

This dog-like predator is the oldest known mammal ancestor | Popular Science

Early–middle Permian Mediterranean gorgonopsian suggests an equatorial origin of therapsids | Nature Communications

TDIH: Norb’s Corner: “It’s Howdy Doody time!”

TDIH: 1947: NBC Introduces Howdy Doody on 'Puppet Playhouse Presents'

From Doodyville to Detroit: The History of Howdy Doody, a Legendary Show of the Golden Age of TV

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