Darwin Across Disciplines - Tracing the origins of AIDS by Prof Paul Sharp
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Over the last 20 years, the mystery of the origin of HIV-1 has unravelled and we can now paint a remarkably detailed picture of the prehistory of AIDS.
Professor Crawford traces our history from hunter gatherer to farmer to city dweller and shows how microbes have co-evolved with us, benefiting from our changing life styles, often to our detriment.