I'm not really sure how common milk consumption would have been even if that theory were to be proven true. Before bottles were invented, babies were primarily nursed. Even if the mother died there was usually a maid servant or female relative who would nurse the infant. There aren't so many diseases and other health issues recorded from back in prebottle days, at least where infants were concerned. When a child weaned from their mother they really didn't need to drink cow milk as they were already eating solid foods.(the norm was to nyrse until age 5 or 6 as they still do in third world countries.) I always cringe when doctors, nutritionists and government programs tell parents they need to give their small and older children milk for calcium and protein for brain and bone development. For one thing, I have never met an intelligent cow. For another, when we consume dairy products our bodies, in order to digest the protein in it, need to use the calcium to prpoerly diges it. When the
 calcium in the dairy is used up our bodies have to use calcium that's already in our bodies to finish digesting the rest of the protein. As a result it actually contributes to problems like arthritis and osteoperosis as well as other bone problems rather than curing or preventing them. Cow milk was intended for baby cows, not people. It goes against the ecological system as well as the human biological system. The laws of nature are species specific.
  Sue




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