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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

INSANE: Theres something still living inside otzi the iceman | Rare Historical Photos

The 5,300-year-old remains of Ötzi the Iceman still contain an active community of ancient and modern-day microbes, a new study has revealed.

The mummified remains, discovered in the Ötztal Alps near the Austrian-Italian border in 1991, have been preserved by scientists at -6C to mimic the conditions in which they were found.

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