A Stone Age Cold Case: Ötzi the ‘Iceman’ Thawed and Refroze Many Times, Researchers Say The natural mummy was discovered in the Italian Alps in 1991, about 5,300 years after 'Ötzi' died.

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Researchers used DNA to create a facial reconstruction of the Chinese emperor, who ruled China's Northern Zhou dynasty until his death at age 36 in A.D. 560.Experts have long debated why he died ...

Recent discoveries reveal surprising similarities between Stone Age people and us. They crafted musical instruments, built ...

Based on the new genome, Oetzi's appearance when he died around age 45 was much like the mummy looks today: It's dark and doesn't have much hair on it, said study author Albert Zink, head of the ...

Europe’s oldest mummy has had a makeover. In 1991, hikers in an Italian valley near the border with Austria stumbled on a frozen corpse. The remains belonged to a man who had died around 5,300 ...

Humans Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks? Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history.

Considered "Europe’s most famous mummy," the remains of the man who was murdered in the Alps 5,000 years ago continue to reveal details of Neolithic life—and insights into modern health.

BOLZANO, Italy, Sept. 25 -- Scientists thawed out the 5,300-year-old mummy known as the "Iceman" today, removing bone, tissue and tooth samples in hopes of shedding light on the life and times of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Ötzi the Iceman, whose frozen remains were found in a gully high in the Tyrolean Alps by hikers in 1991, is perhaps the world’s most closely studied corpse. The ...