Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
31,600-year-old human virus genomes support a Pleistocene origin for common childhood infections
S. Holtsmark Nielsen, L. van Dorp, C. J. Houldcroft…·M. Sikora
The paper analyzes ancient virus genomes from 31,600-year-old human remains, showing that common childhood infections originated in the Pleistocene.
DOI 10.1101/2021.06.28.450199