Sunday 17 August 2014

Prehistoric dairy farming at the extremes

FARM NEWS
Prehistoric dairy farming at the extremes
Bristol, UK (SPX) Aug 01, 2014 - Finland's love of milk has been traced back to 2500 BC thanks to high-tech techniques to analyse residues preserved in fragments of ancient pots. The Finns are the world's biggest milk drinkers today but experts had previously been unable to establish whether prehistoric dairy farming was possible in the harsh environment that far north, where there is snow for up to four months a year. ... more


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