GOT MILK: Bronze Age Population Soared Thanks To Livestock

Horses and Gers near Khoton (Syrgal) Lake near the Altai Mountains of Mongolia. Note: This photo is from a press release. (Noost Bayarkhuu, University of Science and Technology of China/Newsflash) Horses and Gers near Khoton (Syrgal) Lake near the Altai Mountains of Mongolia. Note: This photo is from a press release. (Noost Bayarkhuu, University of Science and Technology of China/Newsflash)
Copyrights: Noost Bayarkhuu, University of Science and Technology of China/Newsflash

16 May 2022
Livestock and dairying was the key to the population boom and early symbols of civilisation on the Eurasian Steppe during the Bronze Age, according to new research. A new study by the German Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History reveals that the adoption of ruminant...