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Oetzi the Iceman Gets a New Look
Oetzi the Iceman
Gets a New Look

Oetzi the Iceman Gets a New Look

Scientists update Oetzi's genome, find some differences from 2012 version

(Newser) - Oetzi the Iceman has a new look. Decades after the famous glacier mummy was discovered in the Italian Alps, the AP reports that scientists have dug back into his DNA to paint a better picture of the ancient hunter. An earlier draft of Oetzi's genome was published in...

New Clues in the 'Coldest Case of All': the Iceman Murder
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New Clues Cometh in the Murder of an Iceman

Copper Age man Oetzi was probably in physical fight days before his demise

(Newser) - It's one of the world's oldest murder mysteries—or what the director of an Italian archaeological museum calls "the coldest case of all"—but per the New York Times , there may be new clues to help figure out the details of Oetzi the Iceman's demise....

Iceman's Offering: World's Oldest Blood

Researchers discover blood cells on 5,300-year-old Oetzi

(Newser) - It's the ultimate cold case: Researchers continue to investigate the death of 5,300-year-old Oetzi the iceman, and they're making some fascinating discoveries. Their latest find is ancient blood—the world's oldest, the BBC reports. Usually, blood breaks down fast, and researchers had believed that was the...

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