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The skeleton is an unusual find

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Did the Romans destroy Europe’s HIV resistance?
New Scientist | Wednesday, September 3, 2008 | Matt Walker
Posted on 09/04/2008 10:56:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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It is possible that the man was buried here because the tuberculosis infection was so rare at the time, and people were reluctant to transport the body any distance

Or because it was such a shallow grave, near a well travelled road from Rome, and because TB wasn't normally found in that area of England that he was a stranger, possibly recognized as non-Christian, travelling through the region and they buried him along the road without benefit of a Christian church burial.