"Cheese", the bactterial weapon of the ages.

This topic was posted 10/21/2002, thanks scouse.

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World's Oldest Solid Cheese Found in 3,200-Year-Old Jar in Egypt [08/19/2018]
Oldest Cheese Ever Found in Egyptian Tomb [08/16/2018]
Entomologist Confirms First Saharan Farming 10,000 Years Ago [03/22/2018]
Where to Find the Oldest Cheese in North America [09/04/2017]
High Alpine Dairying May Have Begun Over 3000 Years Ago [04/26/2016]
Coolest Archaeological Discoveries of 2014 [CHEESE!] [12/30/2014]
Ancient Europeans remained intolerant to lactose for 5,000 years after they adopted agriculture [11/02/2014]
Ancient mummies found buried with world's oldest cheese [03/01/2014]
How 17th Century Fraud Gave Rise To Bright Orange Cheese [11/09/2013]
Clay pot fragments reveal early start to cheese-making, a marker for civilization [01/12/2013]
Art of cheese-making is 7,500 years old [12/13/2012]
Ancient North Africans got milk: Herders began dairying around 7,000 years ago [06/22/2012]
New study finds milk drinkers may have a healthy weight advantage [09/15/2010]
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Prehistoric Britons' Taste For Milk [01/27/2003]

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