At first, Thali estimated this corpse to be about six months to five years old. Then he noticed the adipocere, which is naturally white, had unusual patches of intense blue. He suspected the blue ...

The world’s oldest bread-like grain product ... turning to a fatty white substance called adipocere. Thanks to a discovery at the Lajia archeological site on China’s Yellow River in 2005 ...

the butter turned into a waxy substance called adipocere. This practice of storing butter in bogs shows the resourcefulness of ancient Irish communities in preserving their food. The oldest known ...