Scientists have extracted and sequenced DNA from a piece of 3,600-year-old cheese found in Bronze Age graves in what is now northwest China. The cheese, the oldest in the archaeological record, was preserved in the Taklamakan Desert’s dry conditions along with the mummified occupants of the graves. The DNA analysis revealed how the Xiaohe harnessed microbes to improve their food. Read more from CNN.
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