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I agree, the time of discovery proves nothing. But I asked how they can tell either way since there is no data from earlier. However, I would think captive anim
by nonbel 11y ago
I agree, the time of discovery proves nothing. But I asked how they can tell either way since there is no data from earlier. However, I would think captive animals were monitored more closely for strange diseases than people in rural mid-1900s Africa.
- RyanZAG 11y agoYou'd probably be wrong about that. Even today in most of these places, a captive animal that dies is just 'sick' and disposed of. Or often sold off as food if the death symptoms aren't obviously apparent, as would be the case with HIV. There is no functioning FDA in central africa.
- nonbel 11y agoThis was at the "New England Regional Primate Research Center" though.