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Ancient proteins provide evidence of dairy consumption in eastern Africa

Authors :
Madeleine Bleasdale
Kristine K. Richter
Anneke Janzen
Samantha Brown
Ashley Scott
Jana Zech
Shevan Wilkin
Ke Wang
Stephan Schiffels
Jocelyne Desideri
Marie Besse
Jacques Reinold
Mohamed Saad
Hiba Babiker
Robert C. Power
Emmanuel Ndiema
Christine Ogola
Fredrick K. Manthi
Muhammad Zahir
Michael Petraglia
Christian Trachsel
Paolo Nanni
Jonas Grossmann
Jessica Hendy
Alison Crowther
Patrick Roberts
Steven T. Goldstein
Nicole Boivin
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

Consuming the milk of other species is a unique adaptation of Homo sapiens. Here, the authors carry out proteomic analysis of dental calculus of 41 ancient individuals from Sudan and Kenya, indicating milk consumption occurred as soon as herding spread into eastern Africa.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723 and 43012736
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f43012736674fc98fcd35c24eab5c39
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20682-3