hey guys, covid is a strain of coronavirus! coronavirus is also responsible for some common colds! the most recent common ancestor of all coronaviruses is estimated to have existed as recently as 8000 BCE. the human coronavirus NL63 shared a common ancestor with a bat coronavirus between 1190 and 1449 CE. alpaca coronavirus and human coronavirus 229E diverged sometime before 1960. the most closely related bat coronavirus and SARS-CoV diverged in 1986. so! um! do some research pretty please!