Current event 6: Got milk? How?

Got milk? How?

Science new for kids

Nov 10, 2010

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20100120/Feature1.asp

A group of scientist are looking at milk and why it was made. These scientist are going back thousands of years back when people could only get milk by squeezing cows, horses and other animals milk sack. They are looking who was the first milk drinker, and they are using there questions to guide them, for example;  why do so many people today still get sick from drinking milk? 

The scientist say that finding out about milk could also help answer, how did they keep the milk good and drink able with out refrigerators? Investigator and detectives are also trying to figure out about milk and they are using more then one method. They are also trying to figure out how the people could digest the milk. Mark thomas says that, "Milk was probably the first superfood" he also says, "having the ability to drink milk is remarkable."

In the US most people drink cow milk, but in other countries people mostly drin k goat, sheep, camels and horse milk. Mostly in Northern and Central Europe are able to drink milk. Unlike in Africa, Asia and southern America they dont eat or drink dairy product because it leads t diarea and other stomach problems. 

I think it was fun learning how and were milk started and who and why people cant drink or eat dairy products. I never new that milk was so hard to drink for some people because i would think it would be easy because it is a liquid and it isn't that har to drink it and it just goes strait down.