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The oldest cheese in the world has been found strung around the necks of the Tarim Basin mummies at the site of Xiaohe in the Taklamakan Desert. My favourite fact: They were lactose-intolerant! But kefir cheese helps on that front, and the inhabitants of the Taklamakan Desert figured that out.
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cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00899-7
Proteomics evidence for kefir dairy in Early Bronze Age China, Yimin Yang et al. sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440314000466?via%3Dihub
Lawler, A. (2009). Bridging East and West. Science, 325(5943), 940–943. doi:10.1126/science.325_940
science.org/content/article/enigmatic-mummy-western-china-was-swathed-cheese
The Tarim mummies : ancient China and the mystery of the earliest peoples from the West, Mallory, J. P.; Mair, Victor H.
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The oldest cheese in the world has been found strung around the necks of the Tarim Basin mummies at the site of Xiaohe in the Taklamakan Desert. My favourite fact: They were lactose-intolerant! But kefir cheese helps on that front, and the inhabitants of the Taklamakan Desert figured that out.
đź“š Buy my book 'The Other Ancient Civilisations' đź“š
US: amzn.to/3Y38BFa
UK: amzn.to/3BGcoki
👉🏼 Get early access and help support the channel here: patreon.com/digitwithraven
Resources:
cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00899-7
Proteomics evidence for kefir dairy in Early Bronze Age China, Yimin Yang et al. sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305440314000466?via%3Dihub
Lawler, A. (2009). Bridging East and West. Science, 325(5943), 940–943. doi:10.1126/science.325_940
science.org/content/article/enigmatic-mummy-western-china-was-swathed-cheese
The Tarim mummies : ancient China and the mystery of the earliest peoples from the West, Mallory, J. P.; Mair, Victor H.
âś… Let's connect!
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/digitwithraven
TWITTER: twitter.com/digitwithraven
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My top archaeology 101 book
amzn.to/2EcgVtQ
**************
Some of these links are affiliate. If you purchase anything from these links I may earn a small commission. This really helps in supporting the channel. I am not promoting anything that I do not 100% recommend or would not use myself!
#ancientchina #archaeology #cheese #ancientdna #ancienthistory #archaeologicaldiscoveries #newdiscovery
