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Welcome to Dairy Cultures!

We investigate the unique biological and cultural relationships between humans, livestock, and microbes, using Mongolia, a country where a substantial proportion of the rural diet consists of dairy products and where dairying has been practiced for more than 3,500 years, as a model.

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Current Anthropology Special Issue: Cultures of Fermentation (open access)

New publication: From anatomic analogies to arrhythmic timescapes: roads and development in northern Mongolia

New publication: Pastoral dairying in rural Mongolia: Microbes as heritage.

New publication: Evidence for the early dispersal of Near Eastern domesticates into high mountain Central Asia

Infographic: Dairy Livestock

Happy Lunar New Year!

Repost: The World’s Oldest Cheese – Fermentology Mini Seminars Presented by Jessica Hendy

Publication: A Dynamic 6,000-Year Genetic History of Eurasia’s Eastern Steppe

Microbes on the Move Documentary

Microbes on the Move: Documentary

Prof. M. Erdene receives award for paper on earliest evidence of dairy pastoralism in Mongolia

Harvard Magazine reports about Dairy Cultures research: Did Milk Build the Mongol Empire?

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“Microbes on the Move”: Traveling Conference Interviews

Microbes on the Move Documentary
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Microbes on the Move – A Travelling Conference – Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan 2019 from MPI-SHH / Scientific Services on Vimeo.

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Recent News & Publications

  • Current Anthropology Special Issue: Cultures of Fermentation (open access) 2021-12-15
  • New publication: From anatomic analogies to arrhythmic timescapes: roads and development in northern Mongolia 2021-12-15
  • New publication: Pastoral dairying in rural Mongolia: Microbes as heritage. 2021-05-25
  • New publication: Evidence for the early dispersal of Near Eastern domesticates into high mountain Central Asia 2021-05-25
  • Infographic: Dairy Livestock 2021-04-16

Links

  • Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
  • European Research Council
  • Warinner Group

This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 804884).

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