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Re:Warrior skeletons reveal Bronze Age Europeans couldn’t dr... by Der_Einzige on Sunday September 06, 2020 @05:46PM (#24394919)
Uhh, they just drank different milk. Ox milk, goat milk, etc.

Cattle are not always found in other places.

Re:Warrior skeletons reveal Bronze Age Europeans couldn’t dr... by nkurz on Sunday September 06, 2020 @06:59PM (#24395320)
You might be thinking of a different animal. An ox isn't a good choice as an milking animal, as it typically is a castrated male bovine. If female, it would at least produce milk, but then it would just be a cow used for plowing, and would have the same milk as a dairy cow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ox. Maybe you mean a water buffalo?
Re:Warrior skeletons reveal Bronze Age Europeans couldn’t dr... by AlotOfReading on Sunday September 06, 2020 @05:58PM (#24394988)
Lactose is present in all mammal milks to some degree and thus lactase persistence can have some benefits regardless of the specific animal the milk comes from.
Re:Warrior skeletons reveal Bronze Age Europeans couldn’t dr... by scns on Monday September 07, 2020 @05:30AM (#24398055)
Goats milk aminoprofile is closer to human milk. Cows milk is 90/10 casein/wheyprotein, goats milk is 60/40 or 40/60 IIRC.