Otzi the Iceman, a famously well-preserved Copper Age man found in the Alps in 1991, has given researchers a lot of insight into how our ancestors lived. The long-dead man's clothing, tools ...

Scientists found that among the hundreds of early European people who lived at the same time as Otzi, and whose genomes (full set of DNA) are now available, Iceman has more ancestry in common ...

Here’s how it works. Ötzi the Iceman is the well-preserved, 5,300-year-old mummy that caused an international sensation when it was dug out of a glacier high in the Italian Alps in 1991.

Photo: EURAC/Marion Lafogler Microbes that once troubled the stomach of a prehistoric hunter known as “Otzi the Iceman,” who died on an Alpine glacier 5,300 years ago, are offering researchers ...

A recent post on X (formerly known as Twitter) about the discovery of Ötzi the Iceman has gone viral, captivating millions with his ancient story. The post, which has amassed over 41.2 million ...

Ötzi, the 5100 year old mummified iceman found in a European glacier in 1991, bled to death after being hit in the back by an arrow, new analysis shows. "A lesion of a close-to-the-shoulder ...

This body, which is roughly 5,300 years old and best known as the Iceman, is perhaps the most ... The body on the tray has a nickname, Otzi (it rhymes with “tootsie”), after an area of the ...

A report that Ötzi the Iceman has 19 genetic relatives living in Austria is the latest in a string of surprising discoveries surrounding the famed ice mummy. Ötzi's 5,300-year-old corpse turned ...