This study investigates the efficacy of proteomic analysis of human remains to identify active Mycobacterium leprae infections in the past. Mycobacterial diseases, like leprosy, have plagued human populations for millennia. Thanks to effective treatment options, leprosy is not as widespread and dead...
Through the use of proteomic analysis of 32 dental calculus samples from anceint Mongolia, we show that ruminant dairying was present in Mongolia by at least 3000 B.C.E., over 1500 years prior to previously published work. Excitingly, the earliest site with dairy evidence has been identified as arc...
To investigate dairy consumption in ancient Mongolia, we analysed dental calculus samples from four Late Bronze Age (LBA, 1500-1000 BCE) individuals for proteomic evidence of milk proteins. As many archaeological sites before Mongolia's Iron Age suffer from a dearth of occupational materials, lookin...
