Otzi the iceman

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Those who are lucky enough to have well-kept family records may be able to trace their history back several generations. Some can even track family connections going back a few centuries. But what if you were told that you are a descendant of a Stone Age man that was brutally murdered around 5,300 years ago? Such is the case for 19 males in Austria,

The ancient mummy of a man found frozen in the Alps continues to give scholars new insights into human history.

Ötzi, the Iceman - Archaeology Magazine

Ötzi had genetic variants for male-pattern baldness and dark skin, and he also had an unusual amount of early farmer ancestry, a new DNA analysis finds.

Ötzi the Iceman, also known as the Similaun Man, is an extraordinarily well-preserved natural mummy dating back to around 3,300 BCE. Discovered in 1991...

Ötzi, a human who lived around 3300 BC, had at least 61 tattoo markings on his body when he died and his body was frozen in a glazier along the Italian-Austrian border.

Ötzi is the star of glacial archaeology. Incredibly, the ice mummy and his artefacts were only preserved by a string of lucky coincidences. Really?