Bill Ward wrote: > This goes to support a theory that HIV mutated from SIV > [monkey form] and lay endemic in parts of Africa until the big move to > the cities where it mutated a few more times before becoming so lethal.
This can be compatible with the theory I mentioned -- after all, genetic engineers start somewhere (SIV in this case) and then "optimize" it for the desired goal... as you say, it (was?) mutated a few times... the "helping it a bit" was probably also in the spreading (by blood conserves etc.) Chris _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
