Ceramic vessels pocked with holes have pushed the earliest evidence for cheese making back to 7,400 years ago.
Chemical signatures of milk fat in perforated pots used as strainers provide the tell-tale clues to cheese making, says a team led by biogeochemist Richard Evershed of the University of Bristol in England.
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