Why did humans start drinking milk from cows?

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Why did humans start drinking milk from cows?
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Drinking another animal’s milk is unusual in nature—most people are lactose intolerant, in fact. So why did humans start doing it some 9,000 years ago?

Ice cream. Butter. Yogurt. Cheese. A tall, cold glass of milk. Dairy is an essential part of the modern American diet. But, as the rise of coconut ice cream, cashew butter, and oat yogurt suggests, while some people may choose not to drink cow’s milk, many more simply can’t digest it well.

Milk can be consumed fresh or processed to keep for months, if not years . Also, if modern human experience is any guide, it tastes pretty good. to modern-day Turkey near the sea of Marmara, where milk fats have been found on ancient shards of pottery. Richard Evershed, a biogeochemist at the University of Bristol, says his team found evidence of milk in even the oldest pots. “They were probably milking before the invention of pots,” Evershed says.

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