
Humans Milked Cows Over 7,000 Years Ago
Milk products may be why the hunter-gatherer lifestyle was given up in favor of a more settled, and yogurt-eating, existence.
Image: This rock art image of domesticated cattle, between 5,000 and 8,000 years old, comes from the Wadi Imha, in the Tadrart Acacus Mountains, Libyan Sahara.
Roberto Ceccacci, © The Archaeological Mission in the Sahara, Sapienza University of Rome

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