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"The milk-producing animals cow, sheep, and goat were all domesticated between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago [20 ], and paleoproteomic analysis of dental calculus
by flocial 7y ago
"The milk-producing animals cow, sheep, and goat were all domesticated between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago [20
], and paleoproteomic analysis of dental calculus has shown that humans were consuming milk, most likely as cheese or other fermented products, by 5,500 years ago [21
]. "
I wonder if 500 years is a reasonable rounding error for this time span or just making the headline more reader "friendly".
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)31384-3 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)...
- wyattpeak 7y agoThat 5500 is a terminus ante quem[1], the time before which - not the time at which - humans must have started consuming milk products. I don't know whether the 6000 year number is based on anything, but changing it to 5500 wouldn't make the title any more correct. You'd have to explicitly mention that it was a bound, which is probably a bit much for a headline. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminus_post_quem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminus_post_quem