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A 6,000-year-old fruit fly gave the world modern cheeses and yogurts

Your taste for cheese and yoghurt may never have been satisfied were it not for illicit microbial sex.

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  • Gozzin
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    And we enjoy it still. I make my own kefir and yogurt. Great article,btw.

    We think that by 6,000 years ago, farmers were using fermented goat and sheep milk to make tasty beverages like yoghurt and kefir

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