| > 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. |