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Scientists uncover ancient coronavirus epidemic in East Asia In a stunning breakthrough that has considerable implications for the current day, scientists have shown that a coronavirus epidemic ravaged East Asia 25,000 years ago. The study published in
Current Biology in June was titled, “An ancient viral epidemic involving host coronavirus interacting genes more than 20,000 years ago in East Asia.”
The research team was led by Yassine Souilmi, of the University of Adelaide Australian Centre of Ancient DNA, along with scientists based in the United States. The study highlights that a coronavirus similar to the SARS-CoV-2 currently ravaging the world, with 191 million people infected and claiming over 4.1 million lives, afflicted humanity many millennia ago.
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Did you know that a coronavirus epidemic hit 20,000 years ago? Scientists say that a few dozen human genes rapidly evolved in ancient East Asia to thwart coronavirus infections. Those genes could be crucial to today’s pandemic.
Over the past 20 years, three coronaviruses have adapted to infect humans and cause severe respiratory disease: COVID-19, SARS and MERS. (Photo: AP)
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Researchers have found evidence that a coronavirus epidemic swept East Asia some 20,000 years ago and was devastating enough to leave an evolutionary imprint on the DNA of people alive today.
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