Info Of Earliest Forthwith Prove Of Milk Consumption

The bear witness comes from dental plaque from Neolithic remains

SOPHY CHARLTON / DORSET COUNTY MUSEUM

Scientists convey discovered the earliest straight bear witness of milk consumption past times humans.

The squad identified milk poly peptide entombed inwards calcified dental plaque (calculus) on the teeth of prehistoric farmers from Britain.

It shows that humans were consuming dairy products every bit early on every bit 6,000 years agone - despite beingness lactose intolerant.

This could propose they processed the raw milk into cheese, yoghurt or another fermented product.

This would convey reduced its lactose content, making it to a greater extent than palatable.

The squad members scraped samples of plaque off the teeth, separated the unlike components inside it together with analysed them using majority spectrometry.

They detected a milk poly peptide called beta-lactoglobulin (BLG) inwards the tartar of vii individuals spanning early on to middle Neolithic times.

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