Team discovers first evidence of milk consumption in ancient dental plaque
Thursday, November 27, 2014 - 10:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Led by a University of Oklahoma professor, an international team of researchers has discovered the first evidence of milk consumption in the ancient dental calculus—a mineralized dental plaque—of humans in Europe and western Asia. The team found direct evidence of milk consumption preserved in human dental plaque from the Bronze Age to the present day.