Comments on: Archaeologists find ancient evidence of cheese http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archaeologists-find-ancient-ev.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 08:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Souse http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archaeologists-find-ancient-ev.html#comment-1607279 Souse Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200380#comment-1607279 You are a bad person and you should be ashamed of yourself. Bad person! You are a bad person and you should be ashamed of yourself.

Bad person!

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archaeologists-find-ancient-ev.html#comment-1606959 Rich Keller Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200380#comment-1606959 The archaeologists got the report back from the gas spectrum analysis and after examining the data that indicated the presence of traces of casein on the substrate of the potsherds, they exclaimed, "Cheese, will ya look at that!" The archaeologists got the report back from the gas spectrum analysis and after examining the data that indicated the presence of traces of casein on the substrate of the potsherds, they exclaimed, “Cheese, will ya look at that!”

]]> By: ldobe http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archaeologists-find-ancient-ev.html#comment-1606949 ldobe Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200380#comment-1606949 Your explanation seems quite plausible to me. This seems to my cursory research (I lightly research a lot of things) like an almost inevitable accident. Some stone age guy leaves the milk out too long and notices some curdling. He drais the really stinky milk away and finds some stuff that doesn't smell so bad. He gets some curious guy to eat it (or maybe he's too hungry not to eat it) and finds it kinda tasty. So he starts refining the process. Your explanation seems quite plausible to me.

This seems to my cursory research (I lightly research a lot of things) like an almost inevitable accident. Some stone age guy leaves the milk out too long and notices some curdling. He drais the really stinky milk away and finds some stuff that doesn’t smell so bad. He gets some curious guy to eat it (or maybe he’s too hungry not to eat it) and finds it kinda tasty. So he starts refining the process.

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archaeologists-find-ancient-ev.html#comment-1606931 Romeo Vitelli Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200380#comment-1606931 Did they have wine as well?   Once they had that and cheese together, they would have invented the first party and laid the groundwork for true civilization. Did they have wine as well?   Once they had that and cheese together, they would have invented the first party and laid the groundwork for true civilization.

]]> By: dethbird http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archaeologists-find-ancient-ev.html#comment-1606850 dethbird Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200380#comment-1606850 It turns out the cheese was American It turns out the cheese was American

]]> By: philipb http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archaeologists-find-ancient-ev.html#comment-1606819 philipb Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200380#comment-1606819 Based on no science but my gut feeling I would presume that cheese paid a very important part in our early ancestor's life. Light, nutritious and portable it would have allowed them to explore areas where a daily supply of game or edible plants may not have existed. Based on no science but my gut feeling I would presume that cheese paid a very important part in our early ancestor’s life. Light, nutritious and portable it would have allowed them to explore areas where a daily supply of game or edible plants may not have existed.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archaeologists-find-ancient-ev.html#comment-1606682 Boundegar Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200380#comment-1606682 I don't see why this is even surprising.  I would expect the discovery of cheese about one year after the first mammal is domesticated.  On the other hand, archaeology-level proof would be hard to provide, due to the relatively short shelf-life of the product. I don’t see why this is even surprising.  I would expect the discovery of cheese about one year after the first mammal is domesticated.  On the other hand, archaeology-level proof would be hard to provide, due to the relatively short shelf-life of the product.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archaeologists-find-ancient-ev.html#comment-1606663 Lobster Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200380#comment-1606663 It took them years to differentiate it from the 7,001 year old milk. It took them years to differentiate it from the 7,001 year old milk.

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archaeologists-find-ancient-ev.html#comment-1606664 CH Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200380#comment-1606664 Here we go again. Archaeology seems to be about making up some good story about something that may or may not be an artifact, and then making up the evidence to support it. One can clearly see that it wasn't any artifact. It's just a piece of the coating of a moon seed. Duh! Here we go again. Archaeology seems to be about making up some good story about something that may or may not be an artifact, and then making up the evidence to support it.

One can clearly see that it wasn’t any artifact. It’s just a piece of the coating of a moon seed. Duh!

]]> By: Henry Pootel http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archaeologists-find-ancient-ev.html#comment-1606653 Henry Pootel Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200380#comment-1606653 Very soon I'm sure we'll find the oldest evidence of cracking good toast. Very soon I’m sure we’ll find the oldest evidence of cracking good toast.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/archaeologists-find-ancient-ev.html#comment-1606655 awjt Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=200380#comment-1606655 Cup 'o cheese! Cup ‘o cheese!

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