Otzi: The Simulaun Man

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Otzi is known as the iceman, the Simulaun Man, and the man from Hauslabjoch. Otzi is a 5,300-year-old corpse that turned up on the mountain border between Austria and Italy in 1991. First of all, Otzi the iceman has 19 genetics relatives living in Austria is the latest discoveries surrounding the famed ice mummy Otzi’s 5,300 years old corpse turned up Austria and Italy in 1991. Here is a rundown of the latest on the world’s oldest Alpine remarkable things we’ve learn about Otzi. Furthermore, Otzi also had some health issues. Since Otzi was discovered in an alpine glacier more than two decades ago, he had hardened arteries, gallstone, and nasty growth on his little toe. Besides his physical ailments, the iceman had several anatomical abnormalities

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