Beatriz M. Fonseca

Sep 14, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Beatriz M. Fonseca |Colin Freeman |Matthew Collins

AbstractIt is a strange observation, given the cultural co-evolution of dairying, that milk proteins are more commonly reported than any other food proteins in the archaeological record. The whey protein β-lactoglobulin and in particular its eleven amino acid long peptide T125PEVDXEALEK135 seems to be preferentially preserved in both ceramic vessels and teeth (dental calculus).