Scientists finally determine iceman Otzi's last meal [Ice Man]

PhysOrg.com ^ | June 22, 2011 | by Deborah Braconnier

[Red Badger]

Otzi the Iceman, a well-preserved natural mummy of a Chalcolithic (Copper Age) man from about 3300 BC, who was found in 1991 in the Schnalstal glacier in the Ötztal Alps, near Hauslabjoch on the border between Austria and Italy. © South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology

[struggle]

All signs point to ice.

[smokingfrog]

Too many carbs are bad for you.

[Hodar]

[youngidiot]

So he ate some goat and died. I still find it hard to imagine that this guy is over 5,000 years old.

[Red Badger]

You’re just asking for a picture of HT aren’t you?....................

[dfwgator]

The Iceman was a Vegan?

[shibumi]

ping

[Red Badger]

Ibex is not a vegetable.................

[youngidiot]

You’re just asking for a picture of HT aren’t you?....................

Perhaps. Some of us have weird fetishes. It doesn't make me a bad person, just an eccentric.

[School of Rational Thought]

Mouthful of cavities and two broke teeth. Ouch!

[GotMojo]

Applebee’s Baby Back Ribs?

[Red Badger]

Although the article doesn't mention it, they found an arrow broken off in his back years ago..........................

[Raycpa]

These signs of cavities confirm the fact

How is this a fact. It seems science writers have difficulty distinguishing between facts and evidence. It may be proper to say that based on the evidence and the current knowledge of the causes of cavities that it is probable that he had a high carb diet.

I'm not a dental expert but I know there are numerous factors including hereditary, fluoride in water and personal hygiene. How its possible for them to isolate these factors when they have only one subject leads me to believe that the statement only rises to the level of speculation and not even hypothetical and clearly not fact.

[Calusa]

I enjoy hearing from Otzi from time to time. I wonder how that Ibex was prepared. Whether it was just ‘jerky’ on the road or a more social sit down meal of some sort. Thanks.

[Red Badger]

Or he may not have had ‘Dental’ as part of his employer’s healthcare plan.................

[Red Badger]

Seeing that they found an arrow in his back, he may have stolen it!..............

[Hacklehead]

“Scientists finally determine iceman Otzi’s last meal [Ice Man]”

Now I can sleep at night.

[Red Badger]

...and an ax..............

http://echostains.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/preserved-in-time-otzi-the-iceman/

[Calusa]

Seeing that they found an arrow in his back, he may have stolen it!..............

Maybe it was a wedding or a trade fair and his lads got down to it with some Chalcolithic Capulets.