Question 10 Several theories have been put forward to explain the first emergence of HIV virus Name one such theory about the origin of HIV. Answer: square

One theory about the origin of HIV is the "cut hunter" theory. According to this theory, a person who had been hunting and got infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) from a chimpanzee could have transmitted the virus to humans. The virus then underwent mutations and evolved into the HIV virus that we know today.