Fermented dairy and mummies might not seem like the most obvious pairing, but archaeologists in China have just uncovered ...
Discover the 3,600-year-old origins of kefir as scientists analyze DNA from ancient cheese, revealing insights into probiotic ...
The Guinness Book needs to update its records: the oldest cheese in the world has been found smeared on the heads and necks ...
A groundbreaking study on ancient kefir cheese reveals the complex history and evolution of dairy fermentation in Eurasia, ...
The Tarim Basin mummies were discovered wearing tiny hunks of cheese around their necks—and a new DNA analysis is revealing ...
In a discovery that’s sure to delight both history buffs and cheese fans, scientists believe they have unearthed the world’s oldest cheese alongside mummies in Northwestern China. At a staggering ...
Scientists retrieved ancient kefir cheese from Tarim Basin mummies dating back 3,500 years from the Xiaohe cemetery located in Xinjiang, Western China. By analyzing the DNA of Bronze Aged cheese ...
A 3,600-year-old coffin was opened in the Xiaohe Cemetery in Xinjiang, China, during an excavation in 2003, where a substance was draped across the neck of a mummified young woman. Despite seeming ...
Dr Kindstedt thinks ancient-cheese DNA analysis—of which this may be the first example—could reveal secrets about numerous ...
Recently, a group of Chinese scientists has added to our knowledge of the dispersion of early dairy fermentation practices, ...
Archaeologists discovered a 3,600-year-old coffin of a young woman in northwestern China with cheese draped around her neck.