Discover the world's oldest cheese found on ancient mummies in China, its connection to gut health, and the history of ...
‘Moreover, by examining dairy products, we’ve gained a clearer picture of ancient human life and ... necks of several mummies found in the Xiaohe cemetery in China’s Tarim Basin around ...
In the late 1980's, perfectly preserved 3000-year-old mummies began appearing in a remote Chinese desert. They had long reddish-blond hair, European features and didn't appear to be the ancestors ...
Researchers initially discovered the enigmatic material smudged on several of the mummies buried at the Xiaohe Cemetery in ...
The cheese dates back around 3,500 years and was buried alongside mummies in the Tarim Basin in far west China. The team found the DNA of goats and fermenting microbes from Bronze Age dairy samples.