Despite the fact he lived between 3350 and 3105 BC, scientists in Tennessee claim to have cracked the mystery of how exactly the iceman's tattoos were made.
It took 20 years to find his stomach. Now researchers know what was inside—in excruciating detail.
copper axe
New Clue In 5,000-Year-Old 'Murder Mystery'
The textiles were found in Over Barrow, Cambridgeshire, and examined by researchers at the University of Cambridge.
Ötzi the Iceman is a well-preserved natural mummy of a man from about 5300 BP. The mummy was found in 1991 in the Schnalstal glacier in the Otztal Alps, near Hauslabjoch on the border between Austria and Italy. The nickname comes from Otztal (Otz valley), the region in which he was discovered. He is Europe's oldest natural human mummy, and has offered an unprecedented view of Chalcolithic (Copper Age) Europeans. The body and his belongings are displayed in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, northern Italy.
Entrance to a reconstructed hut, located in a ring-fort, showing early medieval (5th-12th centuries AD) building techniques in Ireland. The wall is built of stone and the interior plastered with mud.
Biomarkers are biological attributes that can give doctors or researchers clues about the health status or illnesses of a patient. Scientists are placing great hope in a new type of biomarker, so-called microRNAs. These short ribonucleic acid molecules are notable for their very high level of stability. Researchers at Saarland University, the University of Luxembourg and the Eurac Research center in Bozen have now established that such microRNAs can remain stable even after 5,300 years.
The remains from Fontana Fanuccio and Visogliano in Italy suggest Neanderthal dental features evolved by the Early-Middle Pleistocene, suggesting they diverged from modern humans early on.
Study of a Copper Age man’s stone tools reveals details of his life and work.
Ötzi copper axe and Flint knife
