Nature Communications (Jan 2021)
Ancient proteins provide evidence of dairy consumption in eastern Africa
- Madeleine Bleasdale,
- Kristine K. Richter,
- Anneke Janzen,
- Samantha Brown,
- Ashley Scott,
- Jana Zech,
- Shevan Wilkin,
- Ke Wang,
- Stephan Schiffels,
- Jocelyne Desideri,
- Marie Besse,
- Jacques Reinold,
- Mohamed Saad,
- Hiba Babiker,
- Robert C. Power,
- Emmanuel Ndiema,
- Christine Ogola,
- Fredrick K. Manthi,
- Muhammad Zahir,
- Michael Petraglia,
- Christian Trachsel,
- Paolo Nanni,
- Jonas Grossmann,
- Jessica Hendy,
- Alison Crowther,
- Patrick Roberts,
- Steven T. Goldstein,
- Nicole Boivin
Affiliations
- Madeleine Bleasdale
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Kristine K. Richter
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Anneke Janzen
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Samantha Brown
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Ashley Scott
- Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Jana Zech
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Shevan Wilkin
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Ke Wang
- Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Stephan Schiffels
- Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Jocelyne Desideri
- Laboratory of Prehistoric Archaeology and Anthropology, Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, Université de Genève
- Marie Besse
- Laboratory of Prehistoric Archaeology and Anthropology, Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, Université de Genève
- Jacques Reinold
- Section française de la Direction des antiquités du Soudan
- Mohamed Saad
- National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums of Sudan, M.Bolheim Bioarchaeology Laboratory
- Hiba Babiker
- Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Robert C. Power
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Emmanuel Ndiema
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Christine Ogola
- Department of Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya
- Fredrick K. Manthi
- Department of Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya
- Muhammad Zahir
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Michael Petraglia
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Christian Trachsel
- Functional Genomics Center, University of Zurich/ETH
- Paolo Nanni
- Functional Genomics Center, University of Zurich/ETH
- Jonas Grossmann
- Functional Genomics Center, University of Zurich/ETH
- Jessica Hendy
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Alison Crowther
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Patrick Roberts
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Steven T. Goldstein
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- Nicole Boivin
- Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20682-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Consuming the milk of other species is a unique adaptation of Homo sapiens. Here, the authors carry out proteomic analysis of dental calculus of 41 ancient individuals from Sudan and Kenya, indicating milk consumption occurred as soon as herding spread into eastern Africa.
