Pathogens found in Ice Man's stomach
Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 16:40
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists are continually unearthing new facts about Homo sapiens from the mummified remains of Otzi, the Copper Age man, who was discovered in a glacier in 1991. Researchers have now succeeded in demonstrating the presence of Helicobacter pylori in Otzi's stomach contents, a bacterium found in half of all humans today.