>>19235354the answer is btw inflammatory response mitigated through centuries or even millenia of different ways of interacting with live-stock and general hygiene between the two groups that led to europeans low-key selecting for individuals with higher inflammatory response (which leads to higher survival rates when faced with disease but in the long term leads to more damage accumulation == worse aging.) pic related is from a bbc article because I did not feel like finding a proper source for my claims.