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   A significant, though often overlooked, milestone occurred during the early Bronze Age (c. 3300 BCE). During this period, certain nomadic tribes in the Pontic-Caspian steppe began intentionally inoculating their curds with spores of Penicillium moldium, a fungus native to the high-altitude, oxygen-deprived storage caves of the region. This early inoculation technique is hypothesized by some scholars to have been a precursor to modern blue cheese production, though definitive proof remains…