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submitted 7 months ago by to c/cunkposting@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/57908814

Cunk on boobies

alt-text: Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk with a post about boobies emanating from a speech bubble above her

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[–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

I'm surprised the middle east doesn't have a higher concentration of lactase producers. I was under the impression that's where the Aurochs was first domesticated into cattle.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Wikipedia has a decent summary in the History section here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk#History

    Key points, if I'm understanding things correctly:

    • Early domestication was for meat, leather and draft animals, not for milk.
    • Milk consumption started in South West Asia and later stuck around in Europe, because people there had already settled for agriculture. I think, Middle East was more nomadic?
    • The Middle East also had camels as an alternative milk source, and camel milk contains somewhat less lactose (4.6% vs. 3.5–4.5%), according to this: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8117040/
      So that might've also affected things somewhat? 🫠
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