3 ms·Welcome to new kinds of HIV...by pishpash 9y agoWelcome to new kinds of HIV...trhway 9y agowhy new kind? My understanding from reading of the HIV history is that it is exactly where and how the HIV came from.pishpash 9y agoHIV came from other primates, not orangutans.trhway 9y agoyou're right, it were from chimpanzees, not orangutans.