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Ötzi the Iceman mummy carried a high-risk strain of HPV, research finds

The 5,300-year-old Ötzi the Iceman mummy and a prehistoric man who lived in Siberia 45,000 years ago both carried a ...

Haunting ‘Ötzi the Iceman’ was infected with common STI before his death 5,300 years ago

LEGENDARY “natural mummy” Ötzi the Iceman was infected with a cancer-causing virus. The ancient human, who live around 5,300 ...
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The Prehistoric ‘Ötzi The Iceman’ Mummy May Have Just Upended Experts’ Theories About The Origins Of HPV

Two prehistoric genomes have revealed the history of HPV and challenged the idea that Neanderthals first transmitted the ...
Ancient Origins

Ötzi the Iceman Shock Could Rewrite a Long-Running Virus Origin Story

For more than three decades, Ötzi the Iceman has been a kind of time capsule for researchers—an Alpine body preserved so well that it keeps producing scientific “firsts.” Now, a new analysis suggests ...
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Testimony from the Iceman

Scientists who worked on the Otzi project produced some elegant results with just specks of evidence. Some researchers, looking at the structure of the body’s damaged thighbone, analyzed the secondary ...