Why Did the Peoples of the New World Lack Immunity

question 85

Multiple Choice

Why did the peoples of the New World lack immunity to the diseases of the Europeans?

• A) they had a different DNA structure than Europeans.
• B) their long isolation from other continents.
• C) Significant differences in dietary structure.
• D) Disease did not exist in the Americas.
• E) None of these.

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