Milk Use Began 2,000 Years Earlier Than Thought

Wednesday, August 6, 2008 - 15:07 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Cow herders in northwest Turkey became the world's first dairy producers some 8,500 years ago, a new discovery of ancient milk containers shows.

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