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History Timeline Flashcards

Topic:
Viruses
Timeless ideas at the intersections of science, philosophy, critical thinking, and history.

A simple question, when?

Born, discovered, when did or will it, etc.

Bacteriophage → Duplodnaviria

~3.2 Billion Years Ago (+/- 200 million)

The HK97-Fold (Steel Pouch)
Viruses Story 
Virus Evolution.

Monodnaviria

~1.75 Billion years ago (+/- 200 million)

single-stranded DNA viruses
Viruses Story 
Virus Evolution.

Retroviruses (within Riboviria)

~1.25 Billion years ago (+/- 200 million)

Stitch themselves permanently into the host’s genome
Viruses Story 
Virus Evolution.

Snowball Earth: When Ice Reached the Equator

From 717 million years ago through 635.

Cause: Continental Drift, Falling CO₂
Viruses Story 
Evolution.
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