5,300-year-old mummy found in the Italian Alps wore clothes made from many different animals. For the past two decades, scientists have analyzed every minute detail of Ötzi, a 5,300-year-old natural ...

Researchers are attempting to piece together Ötzi the Iceman's final journey—and are using ancient moss to do it. Archaeobotanists at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, UK, have identified more ...

Researchers say that only 30 percent of those brypophytes were local species, meaning the rest were either transported inside Ötzi's stomach or on his clothing or by "large herbivores such as the ...

BOLZANO, ITALY—Researchers have used genetic analysis to determine which animals were used to make the clothes worn by Ötzi the Iceman, according to a report in Live Science. The results show that ...

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 ...

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Ötzi the iceman is a scientific celebrity, and we finally know what he was wearing when he died 5,300 years ago. Using complex DNA techniques, researchers identified the material in everything from ...

NEW YORK — Oetzi the Iceman has a new look. Decades after the famous glacier mummy was discovered in the Italian Alps, scientists have dug back into his DNA to paint a better picture of the ancient ...

Archaeologists found a copper blade in Switzerland that's just like the ax Ötzi the famous "Iceman"was carrying when he died. Like Ötzi's ax, this tool was made with copper that came from hundreds of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Ötzi the Iceman could have used a dentist. The amazingly preserved Neolithic mummy found in the Italian Alps had tooth decay, gum disease and dental trauma, new research suggests. The new findings, ...