Genetic Dead End - 5300 Year-Old Oetzi Has No Modern Relatives
Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 11:49
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The 5,300 year old human mummy dubbed Öetzi (or ‘the Tyrolean Iceman’) is highly unlikely to have modern day relatives, according to new research published today by a team of scientists from Italy and the UK. read more
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