3 ms·
How "biologically recently" are you talking about ? In India, milk has been there since the first domestication of cattle 8000 years ago. Ancient Indian civiliz
by lenkite 2y ago
How "biologically recently" are you talking about ? In India, milk has been there since the first domestication of cattle 8000 years ago. Ancient Indian civilization was built on milk. Not only was it drunk regularly but it was also turned into ghee.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> How "biologically recently" are you talking about ? In India, milk has been there since the first domestication of cattle 8000 years ago 10,000 years. See top comment. North Indian lactase was inherited from the Middle East. (I’m Northern Indian, in large part.) "Staple" has a specific meaning: it's a significant source of calories. For North Indians, this is true of dairy. For India as a whole, it's not true even today [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_milk_consumption_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_milk_cons...