Bronze Age Mummy With 3,600-Year-Old Cheese Helped Uncover Our Forgotten Relationship With Dairy
Inverse - Thu 26 Sep 24Yimin YangScientists have discovered the oldest-known cheese sample in the world, around the neck of a 3,600-year-old mummy.Eating fermented food like cheese “may be one of our most ancient ...
The world’s oldest cheese is now revealing some of its secrets
ScienceNews - Thu 26 Sep 24A DNA analysis of the kefir cheese, first found about 20 years ago on 3,600-year-old mummies in China, confirms its age and pinpoints its origins.
Scientists in China extract DNA from world’s oldest cheese
The Independent - Thu 26 Sep 24Cheese dating back to the Bronze Age has shed light on our ancestors’ diets - and have lessons for the present day
Some of the Earliest Known Jokes Were Written Down 4,000 Years Ago
Discover Magazine - Wed 25 Sep 24Humor has evolved over millennia, with ancient Sumerian jokes offering a glimpse into the past. Could jokes be part of our evolutionary process?
World's oldest cheese found on 3500-year-old Chinese mummies
Newscientist - Wed 25 Sep 24DNA and protein analysis has identified a white substance smeared on mummies in China as a kind of kefir cheese, made from cow and goat milk
The world’s oldest cheese sheds light on ancient Chinese culture
The Economist - Wed 25 Sep 24What genetic analysis of a 3,500-year-old sour goat’s cheese from Xinjiang reveals
World's oldest cheese has been identified, dating back 3,600 years
New Atlas - Wed 25 Sep 24Bizarre clumps of organic matter found buried alongside Bronze Age mummies in northwestern China have now been identified as cheese. After a decade's work, DNA analysis has finally uncovered ...
World’s Oldest Cheese Stood Alone for 3,600 Years
New York Times - Wed 25 Sep 24The cheese was dug up with mummified human remains in the Xinjiang region of China and offers insights into the origins of the dairy product known as kefir.
World’s oldest cheese found with China mummies sheds light on early food production
Interesting Engineering - Wed 25 Sep 24 Scientists Discovered The World’s Oldest Cheese—Smeared On Mummies, Popular Mechanics - Tue 1 Oct 24World's oldest cheese discovered alongside ancient mummies, Earth.com - Sun 29 Sep 24
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We finally know how the world’s oldest cheese was made, National Geographic - Wed 25 Sep 24
Biblical Seeds, World’s Oldest Cheese, And A Fish With Tongues For Legs, IFLScience - Fri 27 Sep 24
The World’s Oldest Cheese Has Been Found... Rubbed On A Bunch Of Mummies, IFLScience - Wed 25 Sep 24
Solid Results Continue For Victorian Dairy Industry, Mirage News - Mon 30 Sep 24
Bronze Age Bacteria Genomes Illuminate Kefir History, Mirage News - Wed 25 Sep 24
Oldest Cheese Unveils Kefir Origins, Mirage News - Wed 25 Sep 24
Bronze Age Genomes Reveal Kefir's Ancient Roots, Mirage News - Wed 25 Sep 24
World’s oldest cheese found in China next to Bronze Age mummies
Cosmos Magazine - Wed 25 Sep 24Ever had an aged cheddar or parmesan that was extra sharp and thought – how old is too old for cheese? Well, the aging just got a whole lot longer. A cheese found in northwestern China ...
Bronze age Lactobacillus genomes reveal origins of kefir cheese
Phys.org - Wed 25 Sep 24For the first time, scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years. The ...
Stop Storing Cheese in Plastic Wrap or Baggies. Here's How the Pros Do It
CNET Cutting Edge - Wed 2 Oct 24A cheesemonger told us to ditch the plastic baggies and store cheese like this instead.
Why Cheeses Such as Mozzarella and Cheddar Melt Differently Than Ricotta
Scientific American - Wed 2 Oct 24Food science can explain why mozzarella melts like a dream while feta and ricotta don’t
The World's Oldest Cheese Was Buried in a Chinese Tomb 3,600 Years Ago. Now, Scientists Have Sequenced Its DNA
Smithsonian Magazine - Fri 27 Sep 24New research has revealed that the mysterious white substance found alongside three ancient mummies was once a soft cheese called kefir
Scientists uncover the oldest eyeliner from ruins of a prehistoric city in Turkey - and the tip is still black from its last use 8,200 years ago!
Daily Mail - Fri 27 Sep 24The oldest eyeliner ever found has been unearthed in the ruins of a prehistoric city, revealing humans used makeup over 8,000 years ago.
Scientists Unearth the Oldest DNA Ever Found
The Scientist - Fri 27 Sep 24The 2.4-million-year-old environmental DNA fragments collected from permafrost in northern Greenland unlock insights into an ancient ecosystem.
Strange Rocks Clinging to Mummies Could Be World's Oldest Cheese
ScienceAlert - Thu 26 Sep 24It's a little mature.
Scientists Uncover World’s Oldest Cheese and Origin of Kefir in 3,600-year-old Chinese Mummies
ZME Science - Wed 25 Sep 24The Tarim mummies have been hiding a culinary secret for millennia.
Now THAT's what you call vintage! Scientists extract DNA from the world's oldest cheese - discovered on the heads and necks of 3,600-year-old Chinese mummies
Daily Mail - Wed 25 Sep 24Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have extracted DNA from the ancient cheese to reveal its key ingredients.
World’s oldest preserved cheese found in necklaces on mummies in China
Popular Science - Wed 25 Sep 24If you could only bring a handful of your most important things with you into the afterlife, what would you choose? Maybe you would opt for a favorite book or a reminder of your loved ones ...
Mysterious white substance smeared on 3,600-year-old mummies is world's oldest cheese
Livescience - Wed 25 Sep 24When researchers tested a mysterious substance on the heads and necks of ancient mummies found in China's Tarim Basin, they discovered that it was the world's oldest ...
The Oldest Cheese: 3,600-Year-Old Kefir Cheese Found with Ancient Mummies in China
Anthropology.net - Wed 25 Sep 24Recent DNA analysis1 has unveiled an extraordinary discovery: the world’s oldest cheese, dating back 3,600 years, was found buried alongside mummies in northwestern China. This discovery ...
US consumers may be exposed to deforestation-linked palm oil via dairy: Report
Mongabay.com - Tue 24 Sep 24JAKARTA — Consumers in the U.S. might be unknowingly exposed to palm oil products that come from deforestation, despite major consumer goods producers there adopting zero-deforestation ...
Who Are the Japanese? New DNA Study Shocks Scientists
SciTechDaily - Tue 1 Oct 24By studying the genomes of more than 3,000 people across Japan, researchers have shed light on the population’s complex ancestry. The work may also pave the way for future precision medicine. ...
Ancient DNA Reveals Secrets of Bronze Age Cheese Making
SciTechDaily - Sun 29 Sep 24A groundbreaking study on ancient kefir cheese reveals the complex history and evolution of dairy fermentation in Eurasia, highlighting how Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens adapted through centuries ...
Dairy Calf-to-Beef International Conference
AlphaGalileo - Fri 27 Sep 24A major Dairy Calf-to-Beef International Conference will take place in county Wexford, Ireland on 16th and 17th October. Teagasc with the support of the British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) ...
World’s Oldest Cheese Sheds Light on Origins of Kefir
Sci.News - Wed 25 Sep 24Despite the long history of consumption of fermented dairy, little is known about how the fermented microbes were utilized and evolved over human history. The post World’s Oldest Cheese Sheds ...
World's oldest cheese reveals origins of kefir
ScienceDaily - Wed 25 Sep 24Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years. The research suggests ...
World’s oldest cheese reveals origins of kefir, Eurekalert - Wed 25 Sep 24Mystery of the Mummies’ Cheese: World’s Oldest Cheese Unlocks Secrets of Ancient Kefir
SciTechDaily - Wed 25 Sep 24Researchers have discovered and analyzed DNA from the world’s oldest cheese, found with the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back 3,600 years. The study revealed that the cheese is ...
Bronze age lactobacillus genomes clarify kefir history
Eurekalert - Wed 25 Sep 24Recently, a group of Chinese scientists has added to our knowledge of the dispersion of early dairy fermentation practices, however, by completing the world’s first metagenomic study of Bronze ...