Permafrost preservation reveals proteomic evidence for yak milk consumption in the 13th century
Domesticated yaks endure as iconic symbols of high-altitude frozen landscapes, where herding communities depend on their high-fat milk, transport, dung, and natural fibers. While there is established proteomic evidence for ancient consumption of ruminant and horse milk in the mountains and steppes o...
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ftgriffithuniv:oai:research-repository.griffith.edu.au:10072/426000 2023-11-12T04:24:31+01:00 Permafrost preservation reveals proteomic evidence for yak milk consumption in the 13th century Miller, Alicia R Ventresca Wilkin, Shevan Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav Ramsoe, Abigail Clark, Julia Byambadorj, Batsuren Vanderwarf, Sandra Vanwezer, Nils Haruda, Ashleigh Fernandes, Ricardo Miller, Bryan Boivin, Nicole 2023 http://hdl.handle.net/10072/426000 https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04723-3 English eng Nature Publishing Communications Biology Miller, ARV; Wilkin, S; Bayarsaikhan, J; Ramsoe, A; Clark, J; Byambadorj, B; Vanderwarf, S; Vanwezer, N; Haruda, A; Fernandes, R; Miller, B; Boivin, N, Permafrost preservation reveals proteomic evidence for yak milk consumption in the 13th century, Communications Biology, 2023, 6, pp. 351 http://hdl.handle.net/10072/426000 2399-3642 doi:10.1038/s42003-023-04723-3 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ © The Author(s) 2023. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. open access Archaeological science Proteomics and intermolecular interactions (excl. medical proteomics) Biological sciences Biomedical and clinical sciences Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Biology Multidisciplinary Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics Journal article 2023 ftgriffithuniv https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04723-3 2023-10-23T22:27:57Z Domesticated yaks endure as iconic symbols of high-altitude frozen landscapes, where herding communities depend on their high-fat milk, transport, dung, and natural fibers. While there is established proteomic evidence for ancient consumption of ruminant and horse milk in the mountains and steppes of northern Eurasia, yak dairy products have yet to be detected. Yak domestication and the species’ dispersal from Tibet into the mountainous zones to the north are also poorly resolved due to a paucity of zooarchaeological data. To examine the potential of paleoproteomics to shed light on domesticated yak in Mongolia, we analyzed human dental calculus from Mongol era elite individuals recovered from permafrost burials in Khovsgol province, where people continue to herd yak to this day. We report the first evidence for yak dairy consumption, linked to local resource control. In addition, we confirm a large diversity of recovered whey, curd, tissue, and blood proteins, likely reflecting the excellent preservation conditions found at permafrost sites. Full Text Article in Journal/Newspaper permafrost Griffith University: Griffith Research Online Communications Biology 6 1 |
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Domesticated yaks endure as iconic symbols of high-altitude frozen landscapes, where herding communities depend on their high-fat milk, transport, dung, and natural fibers. While there is established proteomic evidence for ancient consumption of ruminant and horse milk in the mountains and steppes of northern Eurasia, yak dairy products have yet to be detected. Yak domestication and the species’ dispersal from Tibet into the mountainous zones to the north are also poorly resolved due to a paucity of zooarchaeological data. To examine the potential of paleoproteomics to shed light on domesticated yak in Mongolia, we analyzed human dental calculus from Mongol era elite individuals recovered from permafrost burials in Khovsgol province, where people continue to herd yak to this day. We report the first evidence for yak dairy consumption, linked to local resource control. In addition, we confirm a large diversity of recovered whey, curd, tissue, and blood proteins, likely reflecting the excellent preservation conditions found at permafrost sites. Full Text |
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Permafrost preservation reveals proteomic evidence for yak milk consumption in the 13th century |
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