Scientists have sequenced DNA from 3,600-year-old cheese, the oldest in the archaeological record. The intact cheese was ...

A boom in vegetation at the end of the last ice age may have created so much pollen, it blocked mammoths' sense of smell. A new study suggests this drove the beasts to extinction, but not everyone ...

Scientists extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found in Chinese Tarim Basin mummies. The post World’s ...

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Recently, a group of Chinese scientists has added to our knowledge of the dispersion of early dairy fermentation practices, ...