A study of prehistoric skeletons from the Italian Alps shows that society may have been organized around fathers and that ...

Since his discovery in 1991, Ötzi, the famous mummified Iceman found frozen in the Ötztal Alps, has been offering all sorts of insights into the Neolithic past. Now scientists have turned to his ...

In a major genetic study, researchers revealed the unique ancestry of Ötzi the Iceman, the prehistoric man unearthed three ...

New DNA research on Ötzi the Iceman’s neighbors uncovers 2,000 years of genetic stability in the Alps, contrasting the widespread migrations.

Ötzi, who was 46 at the time of his death and measured 5ft2, also had brown eyes, had relatives in Sardinia, and was lactose intolerant. Ötzi was also predisposed to heart disease.

A mere 2 hours before his grisly murder about 5,300 years ago, Ötzi the iceman chowed down on some mouthwatering morsels: wild meat from ibex and red deer, cereals from einkorn wheat and ...

High in the Italian Alps 5,300 years ago, Ötzi the Iceman was shot in the back with an arrow and likely bled to death within minutes. Now, research by German scientists has unlocked new secrets.

Ötzi the Iceman is one of the most well-studied individuals in human history, but there always seems to be more to learn about him. A new genomic study has now found that he didn’t look the ...

The ancient, mummified body of Ötzi the Iceman was found decades ago by hikers in the high Alps — but how did it get there? A new study questions the prevailing story of Ötzi's death more than ...

Ötzi the Iceman, whose 5,300-year-old body was found by hikers in the Tyrolean Alps, has 61 tattoos. Scientists now think they understand the technique behind them.

Also in 2018, scientists analyzed the remnants of Ötzi's last meal in his stomach, concluding that he ate a hearty mountaineer’s high-fat diet of red deer, wild goat, and whole-grain einkorn ...