Who discovered milk, and how did it get its name?
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Michael Powell
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The earliest record suggesting man's use of animals' milk as food was unearthed in a temple in the Euphrates Valley near Babylon. An archaeologist found a mosaic frieze believed to be about 5,000 years old. This means that milk was first used as food around 3000 BC. Of course there is no way to know who or which tribe started using milk first. The word "Milk" seems to come from the old Saxon "meoluc" or the Anglian "milc" both related to the old verb "melcan" meaning "to milk." Remember that humans are mammals and as members of this group our first food is milk, so is not rare that the idea of milking another mammal would be very ancient. Despite cows are our primary source of milk, the following animals are part of a huge list of animals whose milk is good as human food: -Mare, goat, ewe, buffalo, camel, zebra, reindeer......
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The people of ancient Babylon, Egypt and India raised dairy cattle as early as 4000BC. That's nearly 6000 years that cows have been giving milk to humans! Source ; http://vivopress.com
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