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Article: Who was the iceman? (Homo tyrolenis found in Tyrolean Oetztaler Alps) (includes related articles) (Cover Story)
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- Popular Science
- Article date:
- February 1, 1993
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A frozen corpse found in the southern Alps is the oldest intact human body ever discovered. Scientists are studying the Iceman and his surprisingly sophisticated tools for clues about how people lived 5,300 years ago.
After forensic expert Rainer Henn found a flint-tipped knife in the slush, he told his assistants to stop working on the body. "When I saw this knife, I had the idea that this man was very old," Henn later reported. "From that moment I ordered all the people to be most careful while getting the body out of the ice."
Henn and his team had no idea that the man they were freeing from the ice could be the most important discovery in modern ...
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Article: ENAMEL PUTS TEETH IN ICEMAN'S LIFE STORY.(City Desk/Local)
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October 31, 2003 ;
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... ... old frozen mummy known as the Alpine Iceman. Hikers found the desiccated but remarkably ... border in 1991. Over the past decade, the Iceman has yielded insights into the daily lives ... team has analyzed the elements in the iceman's teeth and bones, along with grains ...
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