The Tarim Basin mummies were discovered wearing tiny hunks of cheese around their necks—and a new DNA analysis is revealing ...

When researchers tested a mysterious substance on the heads and necks of ancient mummies found in China's Tarim Basin, they ...

Scientists were finally able to analyze the DNA in the world’s oldest cheese, which was found two decades ago smeared on ...

Scientists in China retrieved kefir cheese from mummies dating back 3,500 years. The cheese was made from goat's milk and ...

Scientists have identified the oldest known cheese from the remains of Bronze Age mummies in China's Tarim Basin, dating back ...

The Guinness Book needs to update its records: the oldest cheese in the world has been found smeared on the heads and necks ...

Discover the 3,600-year-old origins of kefir as scientists analyze DNA from ancient cheese, revealing insights into probiotic ...

Initially, the material was discovered about two decades ago on mummies at the Xiaohe Cemetery located in the Tarim Basin of ...

The findings could reshape our understanding of ancient food production and microbial fermentation practices in early ...

Researchers have discovered and analyzed DNA from the world's oldest cheese, found with the Tarim Basin mummies in China, ...

Many of us will have expired foodstuffs sitting forgotten in the back of our fridges and cupboards, but nothing is going to ...

Being able to sequence the bacterial genes in the ancient kefir gave the researchers the chance to track how probiotic ...