Earliest evidence for cheese making in the sixth millennium bc in northern Europe

Earliest date for milk use in the Near East and southeastern Europe linked to cattle herding

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Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Dairy Science +6

The Origins of Lactase Persistence in Europe

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Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics +17

Pattern of the Past: Studies in Honour of David Clarke.

Bruce G. Trigger, Ian Hodder, Glynn Ll. Isaac et al. · Man · 1981 · 562 citations

Humanities, Anthropology, Archaeology +7

Direct chemical evidence for widespread dairying in prehistoric Britain

Mark S. Copley, Robert Berstan, Stephanie N. Dudd et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 485 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Archaeology, Biochemistry +14

Absence of the lactase-persistence-associated allele in early Neolithic Europeans

Joachim Bürger, Marion Kirchner, Barbara Bramanti et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 456 citations · Full text

Humanities, Archaeology, Genetics +17