Iceman mystery solvedThe ancient hunter probably spent his childhood in what is now the Italian South Tyrol village of Feldthurns. Evidence suggests his lifelong travels were confined to a 60-kilometre (37-mile) range south-east of where his body was found. The 5,300-year-old frozen mummy emerged from a melting glacier along the mountainous border between Italy and Austria in 1991... The team believes his movements were restricted to a few valleys within 60 kilometres south east of where his body was discovered. He never moved north of this point and probably grew up in the Eisack valley, in the southern Tyrol... The scientists think Feldthurns is the Iceman's most likely childhood home: excavations have revealed a standing stone dating back to the Copper Age... Later on in life, he moved further north to the mountains of lower Vinschgau, before travelling to the Oetz valley where he met his death at the age of 46.
by Helen Briggs
31 October, 2003
I love it when scientists talk that way or when writers use "think" in place of surmise".