HIV: 10% of Europeans have a gene that confers immunity to HIV. CCR5-32 gene found in skeletons of white people from the Bronze Age
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Archaeological studies confirm the presence of the HIV-resistant gene CCR5-Δ32 in Bronze Age people in Europe. This mutation was already present in prehistoric Europeans, contradicting the theory that plague was a major selection factor for increasing the frequency of this gene.

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