Reposted by Shevan Wilkin
A new study by Jaruschka Pecnik, @ancientproteins.bsky.social and colleagues provides paleo-proteomic evidence that Iron Age Scythians consumed dairy from ruminants and, in at least one case, horses, based on milk proteins preserved in dental calculus.
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Paleo-proteomic analysis of Iron Age dental calculus provides direct evidence of Scythian reliance on ruminant dairy
The Scythians, often described as mounted horse-back warriors of the Iron Age steppe with lavish burial goods, have attracted increasing scientific interest over the past years. Recent genetic and mul...
