Milk in particular, in the Mediterranean specifically, has been a long term problem, because goats have something called brucellosis . And brucellosis will do this to your spine. In case anyone's wondering, your spine should not be riddled with holes.
And this was actually a huge problem only finally solved by pasteurization, which got rid of the brucellosis bacteria. But we see evidence of brucellosis entering the human skeletal record with the domestication of animals. So great job finding a new source of food, but there is still a potential for it to either kill you or at least make life
So milk, fur leather, all of these things. Milk in particular, in the Mediterranean specifically, has been a long term problem, because goats have something called brucellosis . And brucellosis will do this to your spine.
It should not look like that. And this was actually a huge problem only finally solved by pasteurization, which got rid of the brucellosis bacteria. But we see evidence of brucellosis entering the human skeletal record with the domestication
What was amazing about Bull 86 is that he had a natural genetic mutation that just happened to make him resistant to all sorts of livestock diseases. Because of this one genetic error, he was resistant to tuberculosis, salmonella, and a disease known as brucellosis , which is a contagious livestock disease. Unfortunately, Bull 86 got old and died before the scientists could breed him.
Technically, his name is Bull 86 Squared, which, in their scientific papers, the scientists say stands for his, quote, "exponential genetic potential." But because he was also resistant to the same diseases, TB, salmonella, and brucellosis , students took to calling him Bruce. So this is just one animal-- one bull that's been cloned, but his birth raises intriguing agricultural possibilities.