melken, Milch, Molke [Re: Of cows and living]

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com,

I'd talked about:

> > ... our allergy to cows' milk.

Then Torsten wrote:

> Not allergy, intolerance. No violent reaction, only you get drowsy
> and unwell.

Thanks for the feedback. The precise nature of our reaction to cows'
milk is vital to the story. If it had been slightly more violent, we
might never have discovered the stuff and the world would have been a
different place, or at least my world would.



Then I'd written:

> >I vaguely recall reading that there
> > have been at least three "domestication events" of cattle: one
> > somewhere in western Asia, one a lot more to the east and one in
> > Africa. Is that still the understanding of the experts?

Then Torsten wroten:

> You're not confusing it with rice agriculture, of which something
> similar is said?

No, but it took me some time to locate the reference. It is in the
doctoral thesis by David MacHugh of University College Dublin,
available at:


http://acer.gen.tcd.ie/bovpop/thesis/


At present the link isn't working, but I assume that is a temporary
problem.


Enjoy!



Willem