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.

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

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?

Makhabat Interview thumbnail — “Microbes on the Move”: Traveling Conference Interviews

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