There may be Genetic evidence that Humans have suffered coronavirus epidemics repeatedly over the last 25,000 years

https://www.news-medical.net/news/2...like-epidemic-up-to-25000-years-ago.aspx

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A new study by researchers at the University of Adelaide and Australian National University in Australia and the University of Arizona in the US shows that an ancient coronavirus-like epidemic drove the adaptation of East Asian peoples from 25,000 to 5,000 years ago. The findings of their study were made available on the preprint server bioRxiv* in November 2020.

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