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The spread of the Roman Empire through Europe could help explain why those living in its former colonies are more vulnerable to HIV.

The claim, by French researchers, is that people once ruled by Rome are less likely to have a gene variant which protects against HIV.

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Originally posted by Makodragon:
The spread of the Roman Empire through Europe could help explain why those living in its former colonies are more vulnerable to HIV.

The claim, by French researchers, is that people once ruled by Rome are less likely to have a gene variant which protects against HIV.

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Originally posted by matthewden:

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Originally posted by Makodragon:
The spread of the Roman Empire through Europe could help explain why those living in its former colonies are more vulnerable to HIV.

The claim, by French researchers, is that people once ruled by Rome are less likely to have a gene variant which protects against HIV.

They didn't give us HIV, we are just less likely to have a gene varient that offers some protection from HIV... purely theroretical nonsense as it is more likely to do with the black death than the Romans

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Originally posted by Makodragon:
Of course HIV didn't exist then but it weakened our resistance. Other races have been damaged in similar ways, take the American Indians for instance.

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Originally posted by matthewden:

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Originally posted by Makodragon:
Of course HIV didn't exist then but it weakened our resistance. Other races have been damaged in similar ways, take the American Indians for instance.

It may have weakened our resistance to a disease that didn't exist, Indians were given smallpox that they had no imunity from, I don't see the paralel?