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

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

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

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 ...

Around 20 years ago, a group of archaeologists made a curious discovery: something had been smeared on the heads and necks of ...

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

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

Scientists have sequenced DNA from 3,600-year-old cheese, the oldest in the archaeological record. The intact cheese was ...

Bizarre clumps of organic matter found buried alongside Bronze Age mummies in northwestern China have now been identified as ...

The world’s oldest cheese, dating back 3,600 years, has revealed the origin of trendy kefir. Kefir is a type of fermented ...

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 ...