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6. Supposedly, measles diverged from the cattle disease rinderpest in the first millenium BC

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 07:56 PM

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So it may have emerged some time after the Ark. But then, of course, how the rinderpest virus survived on the Ark becomes the question.

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Guess it's God's will . . . or at least Brainworm Boy's. Vinca Jan 1 #1

Oh Lord, keep me lucky, keep me out of Kentucky. Captain Zero Jan 1 #3

To die in Kentucky was really unlucky. Blue Full Moon Jan 1 #10

I thought that was shuttered already. Conjuay Jan 1 #2

You got me to reading about rinderpest. Girard442 Jan 1 #9

That makes no sense at all Iris Jan 1 #12

Pray It Away!!! ret5hd Jan 1 #8

Time to watch Darwinism in real time!!! Coventina Jan 1 #11

Ken Ham is a scammer laughing all the way to the bank. yellowcanine Jan 2 #13