Article
The Globalization of Cow's Milk Production and Consumption: Biocultural Perspectives
2007-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Cow's milk consumption has been relatively rare in human history, largely confined to populations with genetic adaptations for continued production of lactase, the enzyme that breaks down the unique milk sugar lactose. But in the last forty years, both the production and consumption of cow's milk have spread around the world, and trade in milk products has likewise increased. Populations with no history of milk dr...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 754696bb-eb2d-566e-9f1f-741601e08a81
- DOI
- 10.1080/03670240701407657