[Stones] milking it

[Andy Burnham]

Cheers Mark - checking the Portal's archives I find this from 27 January 
2003

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146410859

To lick and stick and sound like a dick :)

 From chemical analysis of pottery scientists have discovered that 
Neolithic man drank milk reports Steve Connor of The Independent.

Researchers from Bristol University have analysed pottery from more than 
950 pottery fragments from 14 archaeological sites, including the stone 
age forts at Windmill Hill in Wiltshire, and Hambledon Hill in Dorset 
and detected the chemical signature of dairy products inside a variety 
of cooking pots used for preparing food.

Although it was known that ancient Britons kept livestock for meat, it 
was not clear whether the milk from the ruminant animals – sheep, goats 
and cows – was also collected for human consumption.

Dr Copley said he and his colleagues analysed Dr Copley said he and his 
colleagues analysed more than 950 pottery fragments from 14 
archaeological sites, including the stone age forts at Windmill Hill in 
Wiltshire, and Hambledon Hill in Dorset.

The link to the original Independent story is dead - some justification 
for nicking (sorry - quoting under fair use ) extracts from newspapers I 
think!
Andy

Mark White wrote:

>
>
> This just in on the BBC site 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6397001.stm
>
> An intro lick & stick for those who haven't time to click -
>
> A drink of milk was off the menu for Europeans until only a few 
> thousand years ago, say researchers from London.
> Analysis of Neolithic remains, in Proceedings of the National Academy 
> of Sciences, suggests no European adults could digest the drink at 
> that time.
>
> University College London scientists say that the rapid spread of a 
> gene which lets us reap the benefits of milk shows evolution in action.
>
> mw x
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