‘Sophisticated’: ancient faeces shows humans enjoyed beer and blue cheese 2,700 years ago

An analysis of ancient human excrement from the Hallstatt salt mines in Austria revealed a diet of beans, millet and barley. Photograph: ANWORA/Museum of Natural History of Vie/AFP/Getty Images

An analysis of ancient human excrement from the Hallstatt salt mines in Austria revealed a diet of beans, millet and barley. Photograph: ANWORA/Museum of Natural History of Vie/AFP/Getty Images

source https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/14/sophisticated-ancient-faeces-shows-humans-enjoyed-beer-and-blue-cheese-2700-years-ago