The Fossil Record of Viruses

[@vhhawk]

This is like a nostalgic trip back in time. Where have the years gone? Thanks Professor Burger, I have seen your channel before, but it's only now that I am ready for it. Peace.

[@Grand_History]

I wish I had you for a professor

[@chrisward3780]

he's a fantastic professor!

[@joeslatlava225]

We all DO!

[@botflyguy7814]

Your videos get me hyped to learn. Thank you!

[@youregonnaattackthem]

Wow! What a great and timely episode!

[@Beau4824]

Love your content, keep it up 😀

[@archerkee9761]

I just love your videos! thank you very much for your very educating content. keep safe all!

[@juliaroberts6636]

Amazing video thank you for taking the time to share this information

[@KatzArlene]

Thanks Benjamin !

[@AphidKirby]

this is a fantastic topic, a lot of fields tend to ignore the smallest thing so topics like these are so refreshening to see, thank you!

[@martinfernandez882]

Yes! Finally a new vid!

[@christopherbrett6744]

Thanks. Made my day.

[@NigelNaughton]

Excellent video.. always love your presentations. Watching while stuck in Thailand waiting to get back home to America. 🇺🇸🥰

[@1joshjosh1]

Ben kicks ass!!!! 🤴🦠😷

[@kc3718]

Thank you, I've been picking up fossils and interesting rocks for many years, so having a little framework to understand them is very satisfying.

[@charlesmcbride7179]

That’s insane. I wonder how much silica veins that have been studied in geology could hold viruses in them.

[@DINOSAURIA]

lovely! very easily explained

[@mikel6668]

great video

[@gfthnhgffhj6114]

RNA is not an enzyme. Some RNAs have catalytic activity such as ribosomes and hammerhead-RNA. They are than called Ribozymes. Enzymes are per Definition Proteins and are thus Always Made Up of aminoacids and Not nucleotides Like RNA is. Just somes definitions Stuff. Great Video!

[@BenjaminBurgerScience]

gfthn hgffhj thanks for the clarification! Yes you are right!

[@claraallen12]

thanks!!!

[@pliniopetitbon]

¡Excelente video!...¡gracias!!

[@spacesheep9154]

Does that mean more videos?

[@BenjaminBurgerScience]

yep! More coming soon!

[@greyideasthetheliopurodon4640]

I really learned something today

[@mohamedabija704]

thank you for this video i love it

[@scottmccrea1873]

One thing that's always struck me about viruses - *why don't cells have a mechanism to stop foreign DNA ("not-self") from running on their machinery?* To borrow the obvious computer reference, why is there no anti-virus DNA? Once a virus highjacks the cell, there's nothing that can be done but cell death (apoptosis). It seems to me, it would be far more efficient to stop the virus code from running in the first place. I don't think I've ever seen a scientist address this.

[@Nagy50Magyar]

If viruses replicate only within living cells, how could they have preceded cells?

[@agmartin2127]

Thanks CCP... Please let us know when the next virus release is scheduled.

[@GParkerDaisyPodcast]

you are making mistakes

[@GParkerDaisyPodcast]

covid-19 is not single strand wrong

[@RNAxRibose]

How can covid 19 even have rna ? The virus is called sars cov2.. also its a ss+ rna( single strand, plus polarity means it can be directly translated to a protein on ribosomes - minus would be the case that a complementary strand of rna would be made which is then docking on to the ribosome )