Current research indicates the most likely source of HIV in humans was the mutation and subsequent propagation of a SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus) in central Africa. It is thought SIV mutated into a proto-HIV several times over the early 1900s, but the infection died out in each time until it was transmitted to urban areas and then to the United States where it suddenly exploded into an epidemic.
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What group of people do anthropologists believe the most of alaska's native people are descended from?
They believe that they were descended from the three Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as described at length in the Book of Genesis (ch.11 onwards).
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You cannot contract HIV from an animal whose previous owner had HIV because it cannot be passed between species.
A bird is a vertrebrate as it has a spinal cord (backbone). However, it is the only animal with feathers to have a spinal cord, as we believe that feathers were descended from scales. They also have a wish bone.
Zebu. They're tropical cattle, descended from the aurochs.
from animals
Chocolate is descended from Chocolatl I believe.
Kami
Yes they did believe that they were descendants of Hercules.
The Jews had no expectations for Jesus because they did not regard him as the Messiah. However they did believe that the hoped-for Messiah would be descended from King David. It has been pointed out that a thousand years after the time attributed to David, possibly two million Jews could claim to be descended from David.