Though he lived 5,000 years ago, Otzi the Iceman was not a strict adherent to the Paleo diet

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 - 13:45 in Paleontology & Archaeology

If you were thinking that the ancient Alpine traveler known as Otzi — and often known simply as Iceman — scraped by on a diet of foraged grasses and berries, you’d be very wrong. A comprehensive new study of his stomach contents reveals that Otzi, who perished roughly 5,300 years ago on a mountain...

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