The Pandemic That Lasted 15 Million Years
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Our DNA holds evidence of a huge, ancient pandemic, one that touched many different species, spanned the globe, and lasted for more than 15 million years.
The paper we discuss throughout the episode:
Diehl, W., Patel, N., Halm, K. and Johnson, W., 2016. Tracking interspecies transmission and long-term evolution of an ancient retrovirus using the genomes of modern mammals. eLife, 5.
elifesciences.org/articles/12704
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“imagine a pandemic that lasted 15 million years”
please, no, I don’t want to
That’s what rampant stupidity will bring on the human species
NO GOD PLEASE NO! NO!
... And that can give you cancer.
Now that sound fun XD
Read my comment about humans above!
time for 15 million years of zoom
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
Your friend has good reason to be optimistic. 15 million years ago there was no medical science and hence, no vaccines🤞😊
I'd say more around Fall
thanks for the hope, PBS.
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.
The first evidence of the virus was in a fossil Trumposaurus.
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.
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.
humans to co-vid: you an i are not so different after all.
co-vid: *sheds a tear*
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.
@@mnomadvfx I’m not smart enough to know what the hell you’re talking about smh
@@mnomadvfx right. that’s exactly what he explained in the video. still mind blowing haha
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.
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!
Funded by the terrorist Nation of USA
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.
Not enough to stop it though
@@bigg4874 You can't stop nature, but you can adapt to it.
That jacket makes you at least 50% jeans!
Underrated comment
OMG I see what you did there! (BdeP)
😂😂😂
I saw this comment before it had 40 likes
We can all step away from our keyboards, the comment of the year has just been made
Scientists explaining how a virus could last for 15 Million years
Coronavirus: write that down!! Write that down!!!!
Lol :)
Lame comment
So underrated comment
________________ comment.
Good comment
RUclips algorithm is becoming self aware and flexing its sick sense of humor
Indeed
Pun intended?
@@olento sick joke.
Long way from being self aware, but aware none the less
We are the virus.
This is truly amazing. DNA is like an extremely ancient book filled with random scribbles and arcane tales.
Seriously--like 1001 nights written in protein sequence
"A pandemic that lasted 15 million years."
I thought this was *PBS Eons* not *PBS Today*
it's actually a description of how long it feels like since the pandemic started
PBS ThisEon
LMBO!😂
yeah, the pandemic is going to last eons
@@ionebrown481 LMBO
"15 million year pandemic"
Guess I'll go and renew that netflix subscription
For a 15 million years subscription? you better ask for a good discount.
😂👍
@@pcl76 The insane thing is people like Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates could actually buy it.
Lol!
Hey i like minecraft
The fact people of today are able to make discoveries like this one is absolutely mindblowing
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. 😮
Nah, I knew within the first month that is was incredibly overblown 😂
@@Trenchcoat3 Literally 7 million people died
everybody gangsta untill the viruses do the fusion dance
And fission beats
Steven Universe?
@@kazuhanewvision dragon ball
@@nayardrish4598 I don't think so
@@kazuhanewvision search it up then type dragon ball fusion dance then come back
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!!
Ithink it is the BEST time for this video
time for 15 million years of lockdown
Relax. Chances are this virus never caused anything more dramatic than warts.
@@Sophiedorian0535 Or cancer. You know, the harmless stuff.
@@sertaki leukemia. very, very harmles
I love watching comments made during the lockdown.
I like when a scientist says “I don’t know”. It shows that they are willing to admit they don’t know everything.
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.
Imagine 15 million years of Tiger King, online learning and toilet paper shortages
No... please... no... I cannot and will not imagine that
Insanity would be looking bloody good
@@Eontologist Seconded
@@Eontologist Third(ed?)
@@jk-gb4et fourth(ed?)
COVID: "Im the worst plague ever"
The Black Plague: "Hold my beer"
ERV: "Hold my six pack!"
Spanish Flu: "Am I a joke to you?!"
HIV "I'm still on my first sip, catch you guys later"
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)
@@UnshavenStatue Yeah, we know COVID is pathetic
Covid knows it's not that bad everyone knows covid is not that bad.
Thank you PBS, This is all i needed to lift my spirits up.
Sincerely,
Indian Guy
Every second of this video is absolutely high quality!
Don’t jinx us like this, please. We can’t take it anymore
14.99999999 million more years to go
I mean, if the pandemic last that long in humans, that means humans last that long too.
@@Peekaboo-Kitty you can’t even say that anymore 😂
Weakling
if you reaaally want to meet your friends and go partying, just do it yaknow ?✨
Boris Johnson: "Covid will all be over by Christmas."
PBS Eons: 15 MILLION YEARS LATER.... O_O
Well he didn't say WHICH Christmas....
Thank you, you made me laugh :)
Welcome to 15 million years of 2 weeks to flatten the curve!
The British need to learn to never say that again
Haha!
Amazing source of information. You guys are fantastic!
This is your captain speaking, today we're celebrating the 15 millionth anniversary of the 2 week lockdown!
🤣😂🤣
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.
Still waiting for the delivery of my new hover chair and my lunch-in-a-cup!
‘A molecular fossil entombed in our own genome.’ Give your writers a high-five.
Sound like lyrics from a prog rock band
Sometime in the distant future:
*The Two Pandemics That Lasted 15 Million Years*
Another great presentation. Thank you.
15 days to flatten the curve... sorry, that's 15 million years to flatten the curve.
It was "to stop the spread", remember? I remember
@@imperialofficer6185 pepridge farms remembers
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.
@@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.
15 million years isn't all the long... (in the pov of Earth)
The lost kingdom of Atlantis was clearly a magnificent place where Dolphins and Bunnies lived in harmony.
Can't be a worse religion than others that are out there. Go for it.
🤣
More likely where dolphins hunted bunnies...
Then everything changed when the virus nation attacked
Yep
Always informative, thank you.
I swear that If Corona lasts 15 million years I'm reporting God to his supervisor.
If god is real he does not have a supervisor or any authorities higher then himself
The ultimate Karen move! Demand to see the Almighty's manager!
@@76rjackson no such thing as the almighty
@@Duchesnerecords Sorry, I don't work here...
The concept that our genome can parallel fossil records is fascinating.
*"Imagine a pandemic that lasted 15 million years"....no....I refuse....*
It's easy if you try
Daga kotowaru
I will refuse in 2025
At least we won’t be live then
@Coronation Street Storyline Peter Susan no it will be different,
let me guess, it started from prehistoric bats...
I didn't know this channel existed. PBS has come a long way. Good program. Thank you.
This is the only “school material” that I can’t wait to watch!
You got this assigned for school?
Vgh
N
i love this i’m just into ancient animals though as a hobby
You should try Light moth media. I'm sure you will love it too
Y'know, this makes me wonder: Is the Common Cold considered a pandemic despite it usually not being anywhere near lethal?
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
@@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.
@RITVIK MENON 8 iPhone or 8 minutes I inn
@@saggguy7 Spot on, and the expectation is that covid will end up being endemic.
The common cold is caused by many different viruses, to include four coronaviruses, responsible for most adult colds.
good timing .. this is comforting
Very interesting video so well researched thank you
"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
I would love to see an episode on the evolutionary history of speech/language in our ancestors!
They already have one regarding that subject ffs.
I know this comment is pretty old, but they actually do have a video about that now :)
It's actually fascinating and directly influences intelligence.
JUST EXCELLENT! Always having good accessible lessons! Thank you, handsome.
This is very interesting and informative.
Sooo, that's what that Engineer threw into the seas at the start of Prometheus!
Underrated 😂
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?
@Coronation Street Storyline Peter Susan uhhhhhh...
@Coronation Street Storyline Peter Susan Stop
4real!!!!
He's wearing a longsleeve after all those thirst comments from the last video.
I was looking for this comment. I'm dead😂
Freaking hilarious!
I went back to check. Yes, it is true. 🤣
"I'm more than just a fat slice of swol beefcake, we need to learn something this time!"
He can’t help being a legit snacc
I like how you energetically show the documentary. Lots of Energy PBS guy
Thanks! This is fascinating
Could you do a video on the evolution of vombatidae, the koalas, wombats, and marsupial lion
Ooooooo I want a video like that now!
It sounds like a really cool idea
That's a good idea
@@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
@@luceforsale I think so to 😂🤷🏽♂️
@@WickedWildlife oh wow that actually really cool!
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.
Jorge! Things will be okay homie! We will never stop moving forward man don't worry 😁
Covid is man made…
@@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.
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.
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.
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
"The Pandemic that lasted 15 million years"
Oh, has it only been that long? Feels like at least 20.
Australia and new zealand have been avoiding the worst of pandemics for 15 million years
🤣🤣 omg you are right!
Hey Bevis, he said aardvark.
But their internet sucks
Nope, HTLV is quiet prevalent in certain areas of Australia
Great timing 👏👏
15 million years of zoom meetings ??????
Now that is a scary/interesting story.
This one seems like it’s being longer tbh
😂😂😂
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* . )
@@CloudsGirl7 Yeah and I am very weak
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.
Preach it sister
another great video explaining why things are as they are.
That was fascinating!
"The Pandemic That Lasted 15 Million Years."
Too soon PBS Eons.Too soon.
Lol.
Lol.
LMBO
As a horror fan, now is the perfect time.
about 14 million, 999 thousand, 998 years and 10 months too soon!
Lol
"Dolphins are the rabbits of the sea."
- Jessica Simpson
DO THEY SWIM OR HOP two different animals
Dolphins were monkeys that didn't like the land 'ian brown '
clearly they are almost the opposite of rabbits,,, one rabbit can produce hundreds of rabbits in the time a dolphin has one child
@@PazLeBon Rabbits just hop on any cottontails they can nail.
So they both make a great stew?
Eating dolphin sounds strange, but I'd try it.
Thank you very much. Love your videos
This is so interesting!!
"You are more virus than genes." Welp that explains a lot about humanity 😅
Does it?
Stay woke
That needs to be an Eons t-shirt
Mr Smith was right after all...
@@Bismarck666 thank you, The Matrix just slid unnoticed for most xD
Even when he is serious, I always feel like Blake is up to something. He has some serious mischievous energy.
It’s not usual I watch something this new yo me. Thanks!
We know exactly what that felt like thank you
6:05 When mommy rabbit and daddy dolphin love each other very much...
Wait I thought there was a stork involved
@@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache actually, the storks must have been the vectors of all these diseases all this time. their fault !
Justin Y With Mustache Access 😄 stork held the camera.
"Imagine a pandemic that lasted 15 million years"
Why must you torment me?!!
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.
15 million years?
No, I am not ready to watch this yet.
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.
I just want y'all to know I suffer through so many turbo tax commercials for y'all. 😂😂😂 I love this channel that much.
Made me smile😁
You can turn down the volume and count to 5
@@pacotaco1246 I mean I watch the whole thing so they get the ad revenue lol
Thank you for your sacrifice
I need to watch this again, this was really, really interesting. As always, Blake is hilarious! Thanks guys!
This was pretty interesting, all things considered right now. Thank you.
Great episode! Though I kinda wish there had been some speculation on why ERV-fc stopped infecting mammals after 15 million years.
I'd guess all of the vulnerable species evolved resistance, but wouldn't the ERV-fc ... family? ... have evolved in response to that resistance (the Red Queen Hypothesis)?
IOW, are there active descendants of the spectacularly successful ERV-fc family, or did they die out?
And could we (or other modern mammals) have lost the resistance by now, and thus be vulnerable if an ancient source of well-preserved ERV-fc was found?
And what about Naomi?
Everyone gangsta till we realize the scientists who discovered this is a time traveler from 15 million years in the future
I see what you did there. Thanks for the scare.😔
You guys get me through work, love listening to your videos. Keep up the amazing work!
Fascinating!!
Isn't it amazing the virus succeeded in perpetuating the genetic material, which is the ultimate goal of all life, despite being wiped out.
I think its modern descendans are still around.
Lovely animation, Eons team! Really great informative video. Thanks for your hard work!! ❤
I wonder, would anything change if we used gene editing tools to remove all the virus remnants from our DNA?
I wonder too.
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).
might be better to leave it
@@twistedtachyon5877 Genetics are a hard thing to make guesses with, but who knows.
We probably wouldn't function well. Our DNA co evolved with viruses. I think a lot of it became integral to the DNA itself
Consistently interesting content
This episode really helped me understand the south park COVID special
PBS Eons: The Pandemic That Lasted 15 Million Years.
The Comment's Section: NO!!! GOD PLEASE, NO!!!!
don't worry
Michael Scott Quote, I see what you did there 🤣
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!
*buddy
@@DanCooper404 Now he's just a corpse to me!
Very timely video, doesn't give much hope!
Great info
This is the very first video that I see of this channel.
Absolutely astonishing!
You won another suscriber 👍🏻
good work unappreciated is a sin
Whatever the symptoms of that ancient virus were; the hosts lived long enough to procreate 🤔
Seems like a pretty normal thing.
You ever like... Get the flu?
Like AIDS?
herpes won't kill you either
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.
I know that the common link between the pangolin and the bat was. It was Randy Marsh.
Haha! That joke was good. And the "too soon?" was so perfect.
Agent Smith: Human beings are a virus
PBS Eons: yup. This checks out 👍
“imagine that, a pandemic that lasts 15 million years.”
me: TAKE IT BACK TAKE IT BACK
ERV's could well be the "library" the body uses to determine if a virus has been there before.
Amazing!
"Imagine"
NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE
Wow, that was one interesting video! Thank you PBS Eons for sharing this bizarre information with us! :-)
would love to see a comparison to avian dna as they could have been and still can be a possible vector
Thank you for this in-depth presentation. What is that Fc in ERV-Fc? Pl let me know. My Google search didn't yield any answer.
Imagine being on lockdown for 15 millions years? I'll die!
Literally 🤣🤣🤣😂
If there’s reincarnation, you cam do that multiple times! “Hey, another ride! AAAHHH, again pandemic?!? WtH!!!!”
@@PedroGuilhermeSchneider 15000 lives all in one pandemic
@@PedroGuilhermeSchneider or worse Groundhog's day on the first day of it when everyone is panicking over and over
Bruh at that point you just accept it being flu 2 and go on with your life