Caveman's blood is world's oldest
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 01:01
in Health & Medicine
Researchers confirm that the wounds on Oetzi, a 5,300-year-old frozen caveman found in the Alps in 1991, contain the oldest known traces of blood.
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