tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post8250318313836113722..comments2024-03-28T18:32:43.699-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: How humanity discovered cheese?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15782832131003440572015-04-26T13:40:02.266-05:002015-04-26T13:40:02.266-05:00Sigh. The cracking sound you hear is my book-budge...Sigh. The cracking sound you hear is my book-budget going to pieces. Darn you. :)<br /><br />LittleRed1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-26208695404657080472015-04-24T01:00:21.492-05:002015-04-24T01:00:21.492-05:00Colour me sceptical in part (that and being cynica...Colour me sceptical in part (that and being cynical is what I've become more and more adept at over the decades – practice makes perfect) but how do we know that 'every Neolithic human was lactose intolerant' or intolerant to the same extent? We don't even know now, about modern humans who can be prodded, poked and experimented on just why (or even if for most claiming to be, since it and other ailments and allergies have become 'fashionable') some are lactose intolerant.<br /><br />I assume it is from both some scant archaeological material and a 'calculation/theory' (both unproven and unprovable) from the current genome. Almost all children except with the rarest of anomalies like CLT are tolerant. I believe >60% of adults have a reduced tolerance with decreasing expression of the LCT gene mediated by MCM6 so how exactly do they know that this wasn't the case 8500 years ago too? I believe one piece of research stating this is based on extracting DNA from 13 skulls, just how representative or even accurate would that be? Looking at the variation of LI amongst current varied (Asian/African/Finnish vs the rest of Europeans) populations any observations of our neolithic ancestors shows a tiny (statistically irrelevant difference), no?<br /><br />Still I find the theory that pottery and lactic acid bacteria rather than the previously theorised 'carrying milk around in a stomach bladder and rennet' caused its 'invention' … interesting.<br /><br />Speaking as a cheeseaholic I just think whichever brave soul tried it first deserves to be sat at gods right hand (next to whoever thought to try frying thin slices of pig, putting it between two slices of baked ground up grass and adding squashed fruit pulp to it. The lady, obviously, who insisted that leaves be added should be burned in effigy daily – just sayin').Ablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18109723804885979128noreply@blogger.com