DNA from 3,600-year-old cheese sequenced by scientists
Scientists have sequenced DNA from 3,600-year-old cheese, the oldest in the archaeological record. The intact cheese was found with mummified remains in China.
Scientists in China extract DNA from world’s oldest cheese
Scientists in China extract DNA from world’s oldest cheese - Cheese dating back to the Bronze Age has shed light on our ancestors’ diets - and have lessons for the present day
DNA from world’s oldest cheese extracted from an unusual source — mummies
It’s aged — 3,600 years. Scientists have successfully pulled a DNA strand from what they believe to be the world’s oldest cheese, yanking it from Bronze Age mummies in a Chinese graveyard, circa 2,000 B.C.
World’s oldest known cheese — found on mummies in China — gives ‘window’ into the past
A mysterious white substance found on the necks of ancient mummies in China turned out to be the world’s oldest known cheese. Now, its DNA has given scientists a “clearer picture” of life 3,500 years ago.
Scientists uncover 3,600-year-old cheese on mummified bodies
Scientists have identified nearly 3,600-year-old cheese found on mummified bodies in northwest China, reported to be the oldest cheese found.
Scientists discover the world's oldest cheese
Chinese scientists have identified a creamy, white substance they found smeared all over a group of mummies that were recently dug up: cheese.
Vintage enough? World's oldest cheese found on 3,600-year-old mummies in China, scientists extract DNA
A well-aged vintage cheddar may be the pride of any respectable cheeseboard, but even the finest varieties pale in comparison to the astounding discovery of the world's oldest cheese, which dates back an astonishing 3,
Cheese wire murder hunt focuses on 200 DNA profiles
Police investigating the unsolved 1983 cheese wire murder of a taxi driver in Aberdeen have revealed they now have 200 ...
What’s in the world’s oldest cheese? These mummies are giving up their secrets
The Tarim Basin mummies were discovered wearing tiny hunks of cheese around their necks—and a new DNA analysis is revealing ...
Mystery of the Mummies’ Cheese: World’s Oldest Cheese Unlocks Secrets of Ancient Kefir
Researchers have discovered and analyzed DNA from the world's oldest cheese, found with the Tarim Basin mummies in China, ...
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The world’s oldest cheese is now revealing some of its secrets
A DNA analysis of the kefir cheese, first found about 20 years ago on 3,600-year-old mummies in China, confirms its age and pinpoints its origins.
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World's oldest cheese found on 3500-year-old Chinese mummies
DNA and protein analysis has identified a white substance smeared on mummies in China as a kind of kefir cheese, made from ...
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World's oldest cheese found on ancient Chinese mummies
When the 3,600-year-old coffin of a young woman was excavated in northwestern China two decades ago, archeologists discovered ...
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Hunt for 'Cheese Wire' killer narrowed down to 200 possible DNA matches
Police are using familial DNA in the hopes of solving the murder of taxi driver George Murdoch in Aberdeen in 1983.
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World's oldest cheese has been identified, dating back 3,600 years
Bizarre clumps of organic matter found buried alongside Bronze Age mummies in northwestern China have now been identified as ...