Otzi the iceman

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,

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

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 - Archaeology Magazine

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

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.

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Improved genetic testing done on “Otzi the Iceman” the famous 5000 year old body found frozen in the Italian alps indicates he had high skin pigmentation, dark eye color, and male pattern baldness. His genes also show that he was a descendant of farming people originating in Anatolia, a region in present day Turkey. He was not Turkish. Many of his genes are still present in all living people of European descent. #ai