The Tarim mummies of northwestern China have been hiding a culinary secret for millennia. Now, for the first time, scientists ...

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

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

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

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

These small lumps of fermented dairy, laid around the necks of the deceased, represent the longest-aged cheese ever ...

DNA tests suggest Bronze Age people who lived in far west China 3,500 years ago made kefir cheese, challenging beliefs about ...

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

For the first time, scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim ...

If you could only bring a handful of your most important things with you into the afterlife, what would you choose? Maybe you would opt for a favorite book or a reminder of your loved ones in the ...

Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years. The research suggests a new ...

The cheese was dug up with mummified human remains in the Xinjiang region of China and offers insights into the origins of ...