Ancient DNA solves milk mystery

Analysis of fossilized bones suggests milk-drinking mutations emerged after dairy herding.

When did ancient populations learn that drinking milk ‘does a body good’? A team of scientists in Germany has tried to answer this question by studying ancient DNA extracted from skeletons thousands of years old.

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Ancient DNA solves milk mystery

Analysis of fossilized bones suggests milk-drinking mutations emerged after dairy herding.

When did ancient populations learn that drinking milk ‘does a body good’? A team of scientists in Germany has tried to answer this question by studying ancient DNA extracted from skeletons thousands of years old.

Read more here

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