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by Terr_ 1542 days ago
> Ancestors of the COVID-19 haven’t been dead for a million years though.

Please read more carefully. I did not say "years". I said "their generations". The average virus generation is very very short.

> If COVID-19 has natural origins, then the ancestors should still exist

Again, you persist in confusing ancestors with relatives.

Insofar a particular viral-particle or sequence can even be considered "alive", they will "die" as a mandatory part of reproduction, kicking off millions of slightly-different descendants.

It's as if you're holding a fresh-caught salmon and insisting that you ought to be able to find its wild ancestors somewhere in the water. No, it doesn't work like that.

> Evolution has plenty of evidence even without living common ancestors between primates and humans.

That is true, but when you say "we should be able to find a living common ancestor", that's idiotic because that means finding AN IMMORTAL CREATURE 4+ MILLION YEARS OLD.