This document provides a summary of the history and origins of HIV/AIDS. It discusses how SIV was transferred from chimpanzees and sooty mangabeys in Central Africa to humans between 1884-1924. The "bushmeat theory" suggests that hunting and butchering of primates led to repeated zoonotic transmissions of SIV. It then outlines the key conditions required for a zoonotic pathogen like SIV to establish itself in humans. The document proceeds to chronicle the major events in the identification and spread of HIV/AIDS globally from 1959-2006, including its emergence in the US in the early 1980s and the discovery of HIV in 1984.