How dental plaque reveals the history of dairy farming, and how our neighbors view food waste

Science Magazine Podcast

Science Podcast

News, News Commentary, Science

4.3 • 842 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week we have two interviews from the annual meeting of AAAS in Washington D.C.: one on the history of food and one about our own perceptions of food and food waste. First up, host Sarah Crespi talks with Christina Warinner from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, about the history of dairying. When did people first start to milk animals and where? It turns out, the spread of human genetic adaptations for drinking milk do not closely correspond to the history of consuming milk from animals. Instead, evidence from ancient dental plaque suggests people from all over the world developed different ways of chugging milk—not all of them genetic. Next, Host Meagan Cantwell speaks with Sheril Kirshenbaum, co-director of the Michigan State University Food Literacy and Engagement Poll, about the public’s perception of food waste. Do most people try to conserve food and produce less waste? Better insight into the point of view of consumers may help keep billions of kilograms of food from being discarded every year in the United States. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Download the transcript (PDF) Ads on the show: Columbia University and Magellan TV Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast [Image: Carefull in Wyoming/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Morgan State University, a Baltimore, Maryland Carnegie R2 doctoral research institution,
0:05.0	offers more than 100 academic programs and awards degrees at the Baccliorate, Masters, and Doctoral Levels,
0:12.0	is furthering their mission of growing the future leading the world.
0:16.0	Morgan continues to address the needs and challenges of the modern urban environment.
0:20.0	With a four-year quadrupling of research, more than a dozen new doctoral programs,
0:25.7	and eight new National Centers of Excellence,
0:28.5	Morgan is positioned to achieve Carnegie R-1 designation in the next five years.
0:33.7	To learn more about Morgan and their ascension to R1, visit morgan.edu slash research.
0:46.2	Welcome to the science podcast for April 19, 2019. I'm Sarah Crespi. This week and next week,
0:53.7	Megan and I will be away traveling in China.
0:56.4	So for this show, we're featuring some interviews we did at the AAAS annual meeting this year.
1:01.4	First up, we have Christina Warner. She discusses using the analysis of dental plaque to understand the history of milk consumption.
1:09.9	When and where did humans start drinking dairy?
1:13.5	And no, your genes don't have all the answers.
1:16.9	Megan Cantwell talks with Cheryl Kirshenbaum about the public's perception of how much food they waste
1:22.8	and how understanding that perception could be important for waste reduction.
1:29.5	I'm here at the AAAS annual meeting.
1:32.2	This is Sarah Cresby.
1:33.2	By the way, we're in Washington, D.C.
1:34.9	and I have Christina Warner with me.
1:36.8	You may remember her from a recent episode in January,
1:39.8	where we talked about lapis lazuli that was found in the dental calculus on the teeth of a skeleton
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Science Podcast, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Science Podcast and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.