Article
Cretan HLA genetics supports its early Minoan culture as a link between North Africa and Europe.
Human immunology - 1 May 2024
Arnaiz-Villena Antonio, Juarez Ignacio, Vaquero-Yuste Christian, Lledo Tomas, Manuel Martin-Villa Jose, Suarez-Trujillo Fabio
Abstract excerpt
HLA studies in Crete show that this population is related to North Africans and also Iberians. This may be a reflection of a common prehistoric first Europeans relationships with North Africans and drying Saharan emigration after 10,000 years BC; it may be specifically represented by a primitive and early cult to the bull in both Cretan (Minoan) and Iberian populations. In the present study, unrelated Cretans...
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