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Dairy Farming in Africa Dates Back At Least 6,000 Years

Dairy Farming in Africa Dates Back At Least 6,000 Years - Dairy News 7X7

Our history with milk presents a chicken-or-egg conundrum: Humans couldn’t digest the beverage before they evolved mutations that helped them do so, yet they had to already be consuming milk to change their DNA. “There’s always been the question of which came first,” says University of Pennsylvania geneticist Sarah Tishkoff. “The cultural practice or the […]

Dairy Farming in Africa Dates Back At Least 6,000 Years

Dairy Farming in Africa Dates Back At Least 6,000 Years - Dairy News 7X7

Our history with milk presents a chicken-or-egg conundrum: Humans couldn’t digest the beverage before they evolved mutations that helped them do so, yet they had to already be consuming milk to change their DNA. “There’s always been the question of which came first,” says University of Pennsylvania geneticist Sarah Tishkoff. “The cultural practice or the […]