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The Evolution of Varicellis Ostervirus
Some genetic dating analyses put the evolutionary origin of varicellis oster virus at about 110,000 years ago. In either case, it was before humans started moving out of Africa, which happened around 60,000 years old. It's totally possible that of all the clades of Verisals Ostervirus that are present today, that they did originate in Europe, but that even older clades from Africa just went extinct,. That is really fascinating to think about.