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Oetzi's last supper

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (23) | comments 3

What we eat can say a lot about us – where we live, how we live and eventually even when we lived. From the analysis of the intestinal contents of the 5,200-year-old Iceman from the Eastern Alps, Professor James Dickson from ...


Oetzi the Iceman dressed like a herdsman

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created Aug 21, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 2

A famous Neolithic Iceman is dressed in clothes made from sheep and cattle hair, a new study shows. The researchers say their findings support the idea that the Iceman was a herdsman, and that their technique, reported today ...





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Italy sets up new iceman lab

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 13, 2007 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A new research center is being developed in Bolzano, Italy, to lead research into the famed Iceman mummy.


Tyrolean Ice Man

Ancient mummy has no modern children, says 'Iceman' study

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created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (24) | comments 0

The 5,300 year old human mummy – dubbed Öetzi or 'the Tyrolean Iceman' – is highly unlikely to have modern day relatives, according to new research published today.


Probing Question: What is the history of tattooing?

Probing Question: What is the history of tattooing?

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 03, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

You might not think the sullen, tattooed teenager skulking around your local record store has anything in common with Winston Churchill, but you would be wrong. Sir Winston, King George V, and the slaves of ...


Iceman may have been infertile

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created Feb 03, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The prehistoric man discovered in 1991 on a glacier in the Alps had roots in Central Europe and may have been infertile, say Italian researchers.


Western Canada's Glaciers Hit 7000-Year Low

Western Canada's Glaciers Hit 7000-Year Low

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 30, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (28) | comments 3

Tree stumps at the feet of Western Canadian glaciers are providing new insights into the accelerated rates at which the rivers of ice have been shrinking due to human-aided global warming.



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