The Pandemic That Lasted 15 Million Years

[@Haedox]

“imagine a pandemic that lasted 15 million years” please, no, I don’t want to

[@akumaking1]

That’s what rampant stupidity will bring on the human species

[@electricc437]

NO GOD PLEASE NO! NO!

[@97Corvi]

... And that can give you cancer. Now that sound fun XD

[@xx3868]

Read my comment about humans above!

[@ДаниилРабинович-б9п]

time for 15 million years of zoom

[@amaradejo]

MY OPTIMISTIC BEST FRIEND: "This pandemic will last until July, tops!" EONS: "Did you know there was a pandemic that lasted for 15 million years??" XD

[@pseudonayme7717]

Your friend has good reason to be optimistic. 15 million years ago there was no medical science and hence, no vaccines🤞😊

[@Palbizu]

I'd say more around Fall

[@hummus9118]

thanks for the hope, PBS.

[@LordofSyn]

Does no one research anything? July? Ask your friend to research how long it took for life to get back to "normal" after the last global outbreak aka Spanish Influenza. Our technology may be much more advanced but people, people haven't changed.

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

The first evidence of the virus was in a fossil Trumposaurus.

[@mytoemytoe]

Around 2:50 really stunned me, 8% of the human genome consisting of retroviral history. The ingenuity and adaptability of life at the molecular level never fails to amaze.

[@mnomadvfx]

It's not what you think it is. It's just accidental transcription from past viruses trying to replicate themselves while the host cell it is inside is dividing during mitosis. The dividing cell just treats the viral RNA as a part of its own and integrates it with the newly replicated DNA for the new cell. The same could happen during meiosis too in males.

[@karenkk7881]

humans to co-vid: you an i are not so different after all. co-vid: *sheds a tear*

[@Nasrudith]

Evolution is/operates upon the ultimate selection bias. If the retrovirus leaving a mutation caused the infected and their descendants to die out it wouldn't show today. It says little about all of the bodies it put 'in the ground' as it were, only that it wasn't enough to render them extinct. It doesn't matter if it is copying errors, retrovirus, or cosmic radiation - just that it leaves a lasting mutation and doesn't break anything too badly in a way that interferes with reproduction its traces could stay. That such 'blind stupidity and dumb luck' at a large scale is able to produce something adaptive and full of ingenuity is its own wonder.

[@khaos1204]

@@mnomadvfx I’m not smart enough to know what the hell you’re talking about smh

[@f4ir1y0dds]

@@mnomadvfx right. that’s exactly what he explained in the video. still mind blowing haha

[@radianzero]

"A pandemic that lasted 15 million years." I thought this was *PBS Eons* not *PBS Today*

[@unexpected2475]

it's actually a description of how long it feels like since the pandemic started

[@jdd109]

PBS ThisEon

[@ionebrown481]

LMBO!😂

[@coreytaylor447]

yeah, the pandemic is going to last eons

[@trollwholivesu7258]

@@ionebrown481 LMBO

[@sharjeelazeem2753]

Scientists explaining how a virus could last for 15 Million years Coronavirus: write that down!! Write that down!!!!

[@urduib]

Lol :)

[@mibeutbig8909]

Lame comment

[@eddiespaghetti2798-d6o]

So underrated comment

[@NathanRio79]

________________ comment.

[@NathanRio79]

Good comment

[@GrayCatbird1]

This is truly amazing. DNA is like an extremely ancient book filled with random scribbles and arcane tales.

[@OneHalfSaint]

Seriously--like 1001 nights written in protein sequence

[@LevanEvan]

"15 million year pandemic" Guess I'll go and renew that netflix subscription

[@pcl76]

For a 15 million years subscription? you better ask for a good discount.

[@smokejaguar67]

😂👍

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

@@pcl76 The insane thing is people like Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates could actually buy it.

[@shaunhall1838]

Lol!

[@rufinohernandez5599]

Hey i like minecraft

[@couchpotatoe91]

Everyone: "This pandemic sucks, hopefully it'll be gone by the end of the year." PBS Eons: "Did you know that there once was this pandemic that lasted 15 million years? Isn't that fascinating?" THIS IS NOT A GOOD TIME, PBS EONS!!

[@LadyMcBite]

Ithink it is the BEST time for this video

[@ДаниилРабинович-б9п]

time for 15 million years of lockdown

[@Sophiedorian0535]

Relax. Chances are this virus never caused anything more dramatic than warts.

[@sertaki]

@@Sophiedorian0535 Or cancer. You know, the harmless stuff.

[@i_envy_you]

@@sertaki leukemia. very, very harmles

[@AirWindStorm]

The timing of this vdo release was terrifying. Imagine watching it in the middle of covid pandemic when no one knew when it would stop. 😮

[@Trenchcoat3]

Nah, I knew within the first month that is was incredibly overblown 😂

[@awbieslays]

​@@Trenchcoat3 Literally 7 million people died

[@richardarriaga6271]

It didn't stop, it's just that people stopped caring and enough people didn't go to the ER or die for society after vaccination to move along.

[@420noscopesonlylol6]

@@awbieslays Trillion*

[@mzmadmike]

A mild cold? Yes, terrifying.

[@aaronareese1997]

COVID: "Im the worst plague ever" The Black Plague: "Hold my beer" ERV: "Hold my six pack!"

[@carissstewart3211]

Spanish Flu: "Am I a joke to you?!"

[@Kabup2]

HIV "I'm still on my first sip, catch you guys later"

[@UnshavenStatue]

speaking seriously, spanish flu was much worse than covid-19, and the black plague was much worse than the spanish flu (being bacterial, not viral)

[@LeoTheYuty]

@@UnshavenStatue Yeah, we know COVID is pathetic

[@mrj30]

Covid knows it's not that bad everyone knows covid is not that bad.

[@nonsicuro2990]

everybody gangsta untill the viruses do the fusion dance

[@WeCube1898]

And fission beats

[@kazuhanewvision]

Steven Universe?

[@nayardrish4598]

@@kazuhanewvision dragon ball

[@kazuhanewvision]

@@nayardrish4598 I don't think so

[@nayardrish4598]

@@kazuhanewvision search it up then type dragon ball fusion dance then come back

[@Octobris]

The fact people of today are able to make discoveries like this one is absolutely mindblowing

[@origaminosferatu3357]

Boris Johnson: "Covid will all be over by Christmas." PBS Eons: 15 MILLION YEARS LATER.... O_O

[@tristankendrick2582]

Well he didn't say WHICH Christmas....

[@robertYTB78g]

Thank you, you made me laugh :)

[@theneedle6785]

Welcome to 15 million years of 2 weeks to flatten the curve!

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

The British need to learn to never say that again

[@ldgaming4213]

Haha!

[@TwoBlockAnime]

This is your captain speaking, today we're celebrating the 15 millionth anniversary of the 2 week lockdown!

[@ddog210]

🤣😂🤣

[@HashFace253]

Breaking news: Slight chance someone in Mongolia might have a cough police will coming to your house to nail your door shut the science says that's the safest thing we can do pure booster will now be coming out of the faucet.

[@dormghost]

Still waiting for the delivery of my new hover chair and my lunch-in-a-cup!

[@GeorgeZacharopoulos]

I love watching comments made during the lockdown.

[@marquistf1996]

I wish I could see more comments pictures and posts from around that time. It’s hella interesting how people reacted during that time.

[@TeenyTonnie]

me too, the timing of this video being posted was spectacular (and almost definitely intentional)

[@donkmeister]

It's incredible to be living in an era where we don't just experience a disease, but are aware of what causes that disease and can work to actively mitigate that disease. Imagine if Louis Pasteur (and the countless other scientists who contributed to the early research into viruses) could see the body of knowledge that has been built up, and witness what scientists can now do with that knowledge.

[@paulmcdonald312]

I think Pasteur and the other scientists, would be absolutely disgusted, that 'gain of function research' is being allowed to be carried out, and is the most likely cause of the covid-19 outbreak!

[@nekoneko190]

Funded by the terrorist Nation of USA

[@andreagriffiths3512]

And all the work done on bio weapons! The fact that we haven’t had more such incidents of leaks oooops, sorry, accidental exposures to bad meat or wet markets, is the real surprise.

[@bigg4874]

Not enough to stop it though

[@cringecat3614]

@@bigg4874 You can't stop nature, but you can adapt to it.

[@war5561]

‘A molecular fossil entombed in our own genome.’ Give your writers a high-five.

[@TheCivildecay]

Sound like lyrics from a prog rock band

[@AdamKoole]

Consistently interesting content

[@higgins63]

Imagine 15 million years of Tiger King, online learning and toilet paper shortages

[@Eontologist]

No... please... no... I cannot and will not imagine that

[@kellyrobinson6663]

Insanity would be looking bloody good

[@jonathanrichar8046]

@@Eontologist Seconded

[@jk-gb4et]

@@Eontologist Third(ed?)

[@yuyumiso]

@@jk-gb4et fourth(ed?)

[@brennanklimchock4947]

Don’t jinx us like this, please. We can’t take it anymore

[@jorge3234]

14.99999999 million more years to go

[@mad_max21]

I mean, if the pandemic last that long in humans, that means humans last that long too.

[@18Bees]

@@Peekaboo-Kitty you can’t even say that anymore 😂

[@leif-andersbanan5590]

Weakling

[@chayew4660]

if you reaaally want to meet your friends and go partying, just do it yaknow ?✨

[@pujaagnihotri5819]

I like how they studied actual research and review papers and compiled the magnanimous amount of information in a short, fun video. Kudos to your efforts!

[@SavageDragon999]

KZbin algorithm is becoming self aware and flexing its sick sense of humor

[@mr.monster91666]

Indeed

[@olento]

Pun intended?

[@SavageDragon999]

@@olento sick joke.

[@billkelseyis]

Long way from being self aware, but aware none the less

[@monted91]

We are the virus.

[@meaghanorlinski8464]

The lost kingdom of Atlantis was clearly a magnificent place where Dolphins and Bunnies lived in harmony.

[@crhu319]

Can't be a worse religion than others that are out there. Go for it.

[@felipefonseca5670]

🤣

[@allangibson2408]

More likely where dolphins hunted bunnies...

[@cardboardmannequin4069]

Then everything changed when the virus nation attacked

[@thehappycamper5772]

Yep

[@leroyjenkins5679]

Thank you PBS, This is all i needed to lift my spirits up. Sincerely, Indian Guy

[@Michael_Mears]

15 days to flatten the curve... sorry, that's 15 million years to flatten the curve.

[@imperialofficer6185]

It was "to stop the spread", remember? I remember

[@kimgiver5756]

@@imperialofficer6185 pepridge farms remembers

[@Malroth00Returns]

had enough people actually listened it would have worked. But there was the Antimaskers and the big corporations refusing to close and quarantine and everybody wanting their memorial day weekend now we're at 4 million infected and more dead than vietnam.

[@useodyseeorbitchute9450]

@@Malroth00Returns "had enough people actually listened it would have worked" It partially worked... in flattening the curve which main goal was avoiding overwhelming hospitals. Just later the mission creep started.

[@sinteleon]

15 million years isn't all the long... (in the pov of Earth)

[@DavBotsArcade]

The concept that our genome can parallel fossil records is fascinating.

[@martensamulowitz347]

Every second of this video is absolutely high quality!

[@feiradragon7915]

Y'know, this makes me wonder: Is the Common Cold considered a pandemic despite it usually not being anywhere near lethal?

[@saggguy7]

no it’s not, because common colds are endemic in the human population and maintain stable numbers over time. pandemics occur when there is an outbreak of a disease causing larger numbers of people than usual to be infectsd

[@snakeeyes9246]

@@saggguy7 and the reason for that is because the disease is new and no one is protected from it. Once high levels of immunity develop, the pandemics are said to end. Even the Spanish Flu, which killed tens of millions, maybe hundreds of millions, is still here today.

[@tompool5315]

@RITVIK MENON 8 iPhone or 8 minutes I inn

[@urduib]

@@saggguy7 Spot on, and the expectation is that covid will end up being endemic.

[@johntillman6068]

The common cold is caused by many different viruses, to include four coronaviruses, responsible for most adult colds.

[@nesslig2025]

*"Imagine a pandemic that lasted 15 million years"....no....I refuse....*

[@benniepieters]

It's easy if you try

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

Daga kotowaru

[@taylormatthews6086]

I will refuse in 2025

[@Lillyhoves]

At least we won’t be live then

[@taylormatthews6086]

@Coronation Street Storyline Peter Susan no it will be different,

[@josephjackson1956]

I like when a scientist says “I don’t know”. It shows that they are willing to admit they don’t know everything.

[@SS-yj2le]

What do you think the whole point of being a scientist is?! It is to literally figure out what they don’t know. I’m really tired of people being so focused on thinking those that understand more than themselves are being know it alls for stating what they don’t know. Then again, this pandemic has clearly demonstrated what most people value and it is truly disappointing.

[@nightstriker1645]

This is the only “school material” that I can’t wait to watch!

[@epictimes1959]

You got this assigned for school?

[@ahhhhh1859]

Vgh

[@ahhhhh1859]

N

[@Cheeseyyyyyyy]

i love this i’m just into ancient animals though as a hobby

[@MrEtanaka]

You should try Light moth media. I'm sure you will love it too

[@JDeO1997]

"Imagine a pandemic that lasted 15 million years" Please no Blake, I don't like thinking that the pandemic is probably going to reach 15 months, I don't want to picture a pandemic that goes on for millennia upon millennia

[@PhoenixMF1986]

I know that the common link between the pangolin and the bat was. It was Randy Marsh.

[@saintfighteraqua]

"The Pandemic that lasted 15 million years" Oh, has it only been that long? Feels like at least 20.

[@Mm-prince]

I would love to see an episode on the evolutionary history of speech/language in our ancestors!

[@kuywasaamazikeen8048]

They already have one regarding that subject ffs.

[@tuwuesday]

I know this comment is pretty old, but they actually do have a video about that now :)

[@Fvpigpen26]

It's actually fascinating and directly influences intelligence.

[@edgarquintero2876]

We know exactly what that felt like thank you

[@SpikedHairVSGravity]

Even when he is serious, I always feel like Blake is up to something. He has some serious mischievous energy.

[@megachonker5664]

Thank you so much for posting this. It helped me feel less bad about the current COVID pandemic and accept it as part of Biology and what it means to be alive. Best wishes.

[@jcsc2001]

Jorge! Things will be okay homie! We will never stop moving forward man don't worry 😁

[@baldmanforehead7204]

Covid is man made…

[@ornessarhithfaeron3576]

@@baldmanforehead7204 Even so (which recently is becoming more and more realistic), it doesn't matter. We'll get a hang of it eventually. Even though it's gonna take years.

[@koffmann7757]

I swear that If Corona lasts 15 million years I'm reporting God to his supervisor.

[@blackforest_fairy]

If god is real he does not have a supervisor or any authorities higher then himself

[@Chump2025]

The ultimate Karen move! Demand to see the Almighty's manager!

[@Duchesnerecords]

@@Chump2025 no such thing as the almighty

[@Chump2025]

@@Duchesnerecords Sorry, I don't work here...

[@christosscapularis4483]

Australia and new zealand have been avoiding the worst of pandemics for 15 million years

[@xponen]

🤣🤣 omg you are right!

[@matthewdavies2057]

Hey Bevis, he said aardvark.

[@beforebefore8357]

But their internet sucks

[@squidwardshouse67]

Nope, HTLV is quiet prevalent in certain areas of Australia

[@daniwells4195]

I just want y'all to know I suffer through so many turbo tax commercials for y'all. 😂😂😂 I love this channel that much.

[@richardreese8038]

Made me smile😁

[@pacotaco1246]

You can turn down the volume and count to 5

[@daniwells4195]

@@pacotaco1246 I mean I watch the whole thing so they get the ad revenue lol

[@jonathanguillen4152]

Thank you for your sacrifice

[@Nopeish]

“looks like a virus similar to that in a pangolin” (7:09 ish) GODDAMN IT RANDY!!

[@samwellfrm]

He's wearing a longsleeve after all those thirst comments from the last video.

[@mlee-w664]

I was looking for this comment. I'm dead😂

[@philipandrwmoore]

Freaking hilarious!

[@TheMissingLink2]

I went back to check. Yes, it is true. 🤣

[@msteresa653]

"I'm more than just a fat slice of swol beefcake, we need to learn something this time!"

[@emperorsadrax7242]

He can’t help being a legit snacc

[@SuperBC1975]

"The Pandemic That Lasted 15 Million Years." Too soon PBS Eons.Too soon. Lol.

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

LMBO

[@quillpen815]

As a horror fan, now is the perfect time.

[@FriendlyMarmot]

about 14 million, 999 thousand, 998 years and 10 months too soon!

[@gropatapouf5998]

Lol

[@ozman7744]

I like how you energetically show the documentary. Lots of Energy PBS guy

[@PanteraRossa]

"Dolphins are the rabbits of the sea." - Jessica Simpson

[@horserose17]

DO THEY SWIM OR HOP two different animals

[@bg9318]

Dolphins were monkeys that didn't like the land 'ian brown '

[@PazLeBon]

clearly they are almost the opposite of rabbits,,, one rabbit can produce hundreds of rabbits in the time a dolphin has one child

[@googleuser868]

@@PazLeBon Rabbits just hop on any cottontails they can nail.

[@kazwalker764]

So they both make a great stew? Eating dolphin sounds strange, but I'd try it.

[@nick.raptis]

Sooo, that's what that Engineer threw into the seas at the start of Prometheus!

[@Mukduck619]

Underrated 😂

[@NoHandle44]

I always find it odd when a story has millions of years pass AFTER humans have created space travel. It's like, how can nature take place with no human interference for millennia?

[@NoHandle44]

@Coronation Street Storyline Peter Susan uhhhhhh...

[@NoHandle44]

@Coronation Street Storyline Peter Susan Stop

[@CarlosSanchez-xm6nz]

4real!!!!

[@tfairyqueen74]

Thanks!

[@WannonCreekWildlife]

Could you do a video on the evolution of vombatidae, the koalas, wombats, and marsupial lion

[@birdybathtime389]

Ooooooo I want a video like that now! It sounds like a really cool idea

[@luceofficiall]

That's a good idea

[@WannonCreekWildlife]

@@birdybathtime389 I think so, some of the biggest marsupials to ever exist came from this family, and the only carnivorous mammal born out of an entirely herbivorous family

[@WannonCreekWildlife]

@@luceofficiall I think so to 😂🤷🏽‍♂️

[@birdybathtime389]

@@WannonCreekWildlife oh wow that actually really cool!

[@adriansandlin556]

"Imagine a pandemic that lasted 15 million years" Why must you torment me?!!

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

They torment me too, but only because of the ridiculous idea that ERVs are viral infections. A much more plausible hypothesis is that viruses are ERVs that get out of control. Not only does this not produce a ridiculous just-so story of egg-cell infection (this never happens with a viable egg), it also gives viruses an origin story, they don't have one at present.

[@cosmothecat8626]

Everyone gangsta till we realize the scientists who discovered this is a time traveler from 15 million years in the future

[@theresaharmon2768]

I see what you did there. Thanks for the scare.😔

[@abogacorpattorney]

This is the very first video that I see of this channel. Absolutely astonishing! You won another suscriber 👍🏻

[@ritzx5470]

good work unappreciated is a sin

[@guywithdacap4713]

It allready feels like 15 mill years ago that I heared the name Steve at the end of an PBS eons video. You are missed, body!

[@DanCooper404]

*buddy

[@guywithdacap4713]

@@DanCooper404 Now he's just a corpse to me!

[@shoutingfactory8973]

"You are more virus than genes." Welp that explains a lot about humanity 😅

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Does it?

[@Elitecommando501]

Stay woke

[@chocobrowniewin]

That needs to be an Eons t-shirt

[@Bismarck666]

Mr Smith was right after all...

[@RadeticDaniel]

@@Bismarck666 thank you, The Matrix just slid unnoticed for most xD

[@mlh3604]

Thanks for taking into the reality of alive processes in this world. Is it still up to date that evolution of the mammal occurred through virus DNA, that enabled embryo to grow inside the mothers womb? The uterus formed with information integrated from a virus. Really like that notion: recognize the enemy as your future friend

[@ryanryan3220]

Now that is a scary/interesting story.

[@cdemr]

6:05 When mommy rabbit and daddy dolphin love each other very much...

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

Wait I thought there was a stork involved

[@florin-titusniculescu5871]

@@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache actually, the storks must have been the vectors of all these diseases all this time. their fault !

[@arjayjones8567]

Justin Y With Mustache Access 😄 stork held the camera.

[@freyjafolkvangr1813]

Amazing source of information. You guys are fantastic!

[@goncalo_mendes00]

This one seems like it’s being longer tbh

[@basherblast]

😂😂😂

[@CloudsGirl7]

To the weak, maybe. Edit: I just realized that I should point out; by "weak", I mean people who are able to stay home safely and bellyache about not being able to go out and do anything non-essential - i.e., movie theaters, indoor dining at a restaurant, dating, etc. (I mean, really? You're so addled by your hormones that you're going to allow your horniness to compel you to suck face (at the very least...) with someone during a pandemic? Yeah, no, if that's true, you're weak as *hell* . )

[@goncalo_mendes00]

@@CloudsGirl7 Yeah and I am very weak

[@BananaCake26]

It's barely been a year. The 1918 flu pandemic lasted more than two years. It'll be a while before we can live our lives like before.

[@giovannajacobus1474]

Preach it sister

[@UndefinedUser]

Sometime in the distant future: *The Two Pandemics That Lasted 15 Million Years*

[@liamjohnston2000]

PBS Eons: The Pandemic That Lasted 15 Million Years. The Comment's Section: NO!!! GOD PLEASE, NO!!!!

[@horserose17]

don't worry

[@usersname3841]

Michael Scott Quote, I see what you did there 🤣

[@Skyler.142]

You guys get me through work, love listening to your videos. Keep up the amazing work!

[@Nallah108]

If an event happens to the most successful species and lasts for fifteen million years IS NOT A PANDEMIC. It's called: Evolution.

[@nancytestani1470]

I agree.

[@jiniahaldar9339]

Lovely animation, Eons team! Really great informative video. Thanks for your hard work!! ❤

[@zarvoc]

I need to watch this again, this was really, really interesting. As always, Blake is hilarious! Thanks guys!

[@richcast66]

The things that science has allowed us to know blows my mind. And yet there are profound truths out there that would dwarf our overall knowledge

[@glenchapman3899]

That's the poison chalis that is knowledge. The more you learn, the more you realize you dont know.

[@Hawkshadow56]

PBS eons has something really great going for it, aside from being educational and having really cool info. Their people are just so likeable. Like, that guy is super charismatic.

[@hansisbrucker813]

Whatever the symptoms of that ancient virus were; the hosts lived long enough to procreate 🤔

[@maybeforgetful4732]

Seems like a pretty normal thing.

[@The_WhitePencil]

You ever like... Get the flu?

[@daakudaddy5453]

Like AIDS?

[@kirbie2640]

herpes won't kill you either

[@DrColbaz]

Well if the outcome of the virus was cancer then it makes sense that they were still able to procreate. Cancer is a killer but it takes time to kill, so some time for baby making activities.

[@humanistreason]

Rabbit: ventures close to water Dolphin: shows up to say hi Rabbit: coughs..

[@attrapehareng]

Imagine being on lockdown for 15 millions years? I'll die!

[@sanSDI]

Literally 🤣🤣🤣😂

[@PedroGuilhermeSchneider]

If there’s reincarnation, you cam do that multiple times! “Hey, another ride! AAAHHH, again pandemic?!? WtH!!!!”

[@KateeAngel]

@@PedroGuilhermeSchneider 15000 lives all in one pandemic

[@sm79165]

@@PedroGuilhermeSchneider or worse Groundhog's day on the first day of it when everyone is panicking over and over

[@LeavingGoose046]

Bruh at that point you just accept it being flu 2 and go on with your life

[@ananya.a04]

Wow, that was one interesting video! Thank you PBS Eons for sharing this bizarre information with us! :-)

[@Articulate99]

Always informative, thank you.

[@gvamshikrishna1992]

Only if this channel was available and I am watching it as I am now, there is no way that I wouldn't be pursuing either anthropology or microbiology as my major. Your channel will surely encourage many children to become scientists in the future.

[@jonaslillard4310]

I wonder, would anything change if we used gene editing tools to remove all the virus remnants from our DNA?

[@Fomites]

I wonder too.

[@twistedtachyon5877]

Who knows really, but I'd guess yes. Rarely-used bits that we don't know do something yet are one thing (bound to be at least a few important things in there), but I'm pretty sure the long coiling bits of nothing space things out and make it easier (or harder!) for cellular machinery to latch on without getting in each other's way, so you'd probably see changes in the taste of gene expression, which could cause all sorts of weird interactions. Also, viruses like the one in the video would either get way more powerful or way less because there's so much less to work with. Or both...? Random mutations would also probably be way more impactful (good or bad) for the same reason, but with less weird stuff (can't reactivate a big section of dormant material if there is none).

[@samsunguser3148]

might be better to leave it

[@jonaslillard4310]

@@twistedtachyon5877 Genetics are a hard thing to make guesses with, but who knows.

[@jarehelt]

We probably wouldn't function well. Our DNA co evolved with viruses. I think a lot of it became integral to the DNA itself

[@jfranks1295]

Incredibly well done and informative video! The info was presented in a simple and understandable way (tricky when discussing genetics to be sure), the presenter was relatable but not over the top (as some of the presenters tend to be on this channel), and the visual graphics and editing enhanced the ease of understanding. Top quality all around and kudos for getting creative in bringing science to a younger generation.

[@missmarasmenstrualmuffmunc2085]

I agree I like this guy. Some others try to present videos like they're doing an infomercial at 3 am...lol this guy is like when you ask your smart friend about a certain topic and you find yourself entertained.

[@TheBlueB0mber]

Agent Smith: Human beings are a virus PBS Eons: yup. This checks out 👍

[@nrdkraft]

Humans: “this is the worst year ever!!!” Prehistoric mammals: “This is alright. Who knows, maybe it’ll even end sometime this millennium!”

[@pietrocantuccini5584]

Millenium!

[@nrdkraft]

@@pietrocantuccini5584 Two ens.

[@carolinarailops9749]

Very refreshing to hear a scientist admit 'we just don't know'.

[@WAVE0025]

Damn, so they basically experienced 2020 for 15 Million years?

[@AifDaimon]

probably

[@powerofanime1]

Except they didn't freak out and kept living properly.

[@AifDaimon]

@@powerofanime1 you could put it that way

[@roycealphonso1386]

@Paul Batesmann I'd rather argue that the lockdown was not done effectively. Also yeah people do die everyday.

[@davesulphate4497]

@Paul Batesmann If you really believe that I pitty you.

[@dapivimu]

This is just so interesting. A fresh of air with all the content that usually trends on KZbin.

[@35ABSTRACT]

What’s a fresh of air?

[@dapivimu]

@@35ABSTRACT typo and come on! you knew what I meant lol

[@hoogachoga]

So nice of Josh Homme to take time off from touring to tell us about paleontology and stuff.

[@cronquist09]

That really puts things into perspective. I love science, always putting life into perspective.

[@lindareed8265]

That's exactly why I keep learning about things. I just don't know how to deal with some things until I see the bigger pictures.

[@bethwelsh8585]

It would be fascinating to find out what percentage of its hosts ended up expiring from the virus but I guess that would be a difficult question to answer based on the incomplete fossil record. This is another great episode and thanks for reading my silly joke!

[@iftekhar77]

good timing .. this is comforting

[@americannomadnews5370]

And you thought those two jigsaw puzzles mixed up in one box were tough to figure out.

[@cravidana1182]

Well, I will have to stop my work, to put on my headphones and enjoy my 10 minutes of joy.

[@morenofranco9235]

Another great presentation. Thank you.

[@annarose3354]

The idea that a contagious virus might cause cancer is only like, a little bit scary

[@R_V_]

You mean, like the papillomavirus does ? By the way, there are also bacteria that can cause cancer, like Helicobacter pylori. And lots of other examples.

[@brianfox771]

Yeah there's a number of them that actually do. The Tasmanian devil is being slowly driven to extinction because of a mouth and face cancer caused by a highly contagious virus.

[@AccidentalNinja]

There's also the canine transmissible venereal tumor, if you want to worry about cancer cells themselves being infectious.

[@TheHedgehogEnthusiast]

"coronavirus is the longest pandemic ever!" Pbs eons: *bonjour*

[@jacobbosley1946]

Would be awesome to plug the sequence into an automated program that could identify sources for the viral code in ancient flora or fauna fossil DNA records.

[@seamon9732]

"Imagine" NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

[@iloveplasticbottles]

"as we are all aware" Unfortunately, quite a bunch of us live in denial

[@taylormatthews6086]

I will rebel in 2024-2025 most definitely

[@iloveplasticbottles]

Are you rebelling? ​@@taylormatthews6086

[@cicad2007]

ERV's could well be the "library" the body uses to determine if a virus has been there before.

[@epauletshark3793]

Can you do an episode explaining evolution. When two animals are considered different species, and things like that?

[@annarose3354]

You should look at the Crash Course Biology video on the subject - I think it's episode 20

[@Kabup2]

Thunderf00t made a nice video(s) about it, plus debunking creationists. But I would like to see one of PBS too.

[@theMuBot]

@@Kabup2 OR you can watch videos by someone who isn't misogynist and racist.

[@Kabup2]

@@theMuBot He is not, don't be dumb.

[@klyanadkmorr]

Are you subscribed have you even looked at their episode list let alone related channels on biology & life sciences!?!

[@SenpaiInTheHood]

When he mentioned the “ Pangolin “ I fell to my knees laughing when I remembered the South Park Pandemic Special 🤣 🤣

[@ghostrider369]

Lol 🤣🤣🤣

[@LendriMujina]

So we're all more virus than human? This would be an interesting supervillain origin story.

[@robinhahnsopran]

When I saw the title for this video I swear in my head I heard "DUN dun DUUUUUUUNNNNNNNN"

[@douglasgorde5823]

PBS: This pandemic lasted 15 million years. COVID: Write that down! WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@brentritchie6199]

Very interesting video so well researched thank you

[@Summer-xe6in]

Though some may attribute this video to being created and released, "Too soon" I think this is fascinating and I am happy that this knowledge has now been spread. This information is thorough (as much as it can be given there will always be missing parts to our origin stories) and will allow us to take a deeper look at our own existence and realize that no matter how much money we throw at everything Nature, The Earth, The Universe will survive and continue without us. I find this to be comforting and reassuring that we need to be better as a species in countless of ways. Thank you, PBS Eons. ^_^