Direct Evidence Found for Dairy Consumption in the Pyrenees in the Earliest Stages of the Neolithic

Study Suggests Early Neolithic Populations Were Consuming Dairy Products 7,500 Years Ago

A comprehensive study¹ of the Chaves and Puyascada caves in the Huesca province of Spain has yielded the earliest direct evidence of dairy consumption and processing in the Pyrenees, dating back approximately 7,500 years. This discovery challenges the previously held belief that dairy products were introduced to this mountainous region much later. The research also reveals the consumption of pig meat during this period.