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Oetzi's last days: Glacier man may have been attacked twice

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Another chapter in a murder case over 5000 years old. New investigations by an LMU research team working together with a Bolzano colleague reconstructed the chronology of the injuries that Oetzi, the glacier man preserved ...





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Oetzi the Iceman dressed like a herdsman

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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 ...


Italy sets up new iceman lab

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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.


Oetzi's last supper

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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 ...


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.


Major Climate Change Occurred 5,200 Years Ago: Evidence Suggests That History Could Repeat Itself

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created Dec 16, 2004 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Glaciologist Lonnie Thompson worries that he may have found clues that show history repeating itself, and if he is right, the result could have important implications to modern society. Thompson has spent his career trekking t ...



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