Scientists Believe 5,300-Year-Old Mummified ‘Ice Man’ Belonged To Unknown Branch Of Human Family Tree
Spitted out by munky on November 2nd, 2008. Filed under: Science
A 5,300-year-old mummified ‘ice man’ unearthed in the Alps belonged to a previously unknown branch of the human family tree, scientists have discovered.
No trace of the lineage appears to remain today, meaning that the ‘ice man’ – dubbed ‘Oetzi’ – is unlikely to have any descendants.
