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title: "“This evidence for natural evolution was supported by data on…"
date: 2020-03-20
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# “This evidence for natural evolution was supported by data on…

*March 20, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200317175442.htm](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200317175442.htm){target="_blank"}
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"This evidence for natural evolution was supported by data on SARS-CoV-2\'s backbone \-- its overall molecular structure. If someone were seeking to engineer a new coronavirus as a pathogen, they would have constructed it from the backbone of a virus known to cause illness. But the scientists found that the SARS-CoV-2 backbone differed substantially from those of already known coronaviruses and mostly resembled related viruses found in bats and pangolins."
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