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		bad_user on Nov 20, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We know the city where HIV first emerged On the other hand SIV isn't killing the monkeys or apes it infected, which makes likely a long coevolution.

masklinn on Nov 20, 2015 [–]

Chimps and gorillas do get AIDS from SIV. IIRC they're relatively recent infections (though older than human HIV) and SIVgor actually descends from SIVcpz. Rhesus Macaques also get AIDS from SIV (SIV was originally discovered in AIDS-suffering macaques)

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