Prehistoric Dairy Farming At Extreme Latitudes
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - 20:40
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Before there was a war on wheat and a war on sugar, there was a war on dairy products. Nutritionists need science insight the most and least likely to want it, they instead listen to Yogic flying instructors, actresses and Food Babes at conferences embracing the latest fad. The Finns are immune to the trends - they are huge milk drinkers, perhaps the most in the world, but the debate was always when it happened. Conditions can be trying for residents today, they sure were not great for prehistoric man in the harsh environment of the far north, but new techniques that analyzed residents preserved in fragments of ancient pots have traced their love of milk back to 2,500 B.C. read more