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Otzi the Iceman's tools tell a story of desperation
Nature ^ | June 20, 2018 | PLoS ONE

Posted on 04/08/2019 12:06:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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To: Red Badger

my first thought


41 posted on 04/08/2019 1:35:11 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: central_va
Otzi.


42 posted on 04/08/2019 1:41:36 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: mass55th; central_va
Descendants, or cousins with close common ancestry at least.

43 posted on 04/08/2019 1:45:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Great thread.


44 posted on 04/08/2019 1:51:17 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: mass55th

https://www.dnainthenews.com/human-history/otzi-iceman/
His DNA subtypes are common to Corsica and Sardinia currently. They may have been more widespread in earlier times.


45 posted on 04/08/2019 1:51:33 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: dfwgator

;^)


46 posted on 04/08/2019 1:52:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: colorado tanker
Thanks, and I wholeheartedly agree. The only thing that would improve this is if Oetzi had been discovered to have been carrying cheese, or better yet, ice cream. :^)

47 posted on 04/08/2019 1:59:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I enjoy reading the different humorous theories about ol’ Otzi.

It reminds me of my kitchen table. It’s a beautiful, solid maple table (from the 40s? 50s? 60s?) that I scored at a thrift shop for 100 bucks. Its simple but interesting style and woodgrain say, “I’m a timeless American classic.”.

It was well cared for. Now it is likely living far from its birthplace.

I sometimes wonder what life it lived. How many homework assignments were done on it? What were Mom’s special recipes? Did it belong to one family, then the younger generation needed to clear out the grandparents’ barn? What family stories does it know? How many secrets?

There’s no price on the mysterious history that came along with the table. Or the wonder it inspires.


48 posted on 04/08/2019 2:00:45 PM PDT by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word.)
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To: SunkenCiv

“He warn’t no ways tahrrred! He come too fahrrr!”


49 posted on 04/08/2019 2:00:46 PM PDT by Kickaha (See the glory...of the royal scam)
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Before I get crazy (which will happen), and build a nice list of the possible reasons Oetzi was rubbed out, drawn from this topic, I'll add one more -- he was killed by the sodbusters!

50 posted on 04/08/2019 2:04:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Ezekiel
:^)

51 posted on 04/08/2019 2:06:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I have the same problem, and my old Blackberry is not even good for bait in dead fall traps.


52 posted on 04/08/2019 2:23:10 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: gundog

Sharp enough to penetrate, but appears unbalanced so it might not fly true.


53 posted on 04/08/2019 2:24:13 PM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: outofsalt

Thank you!!


54 posted on 04/08/2019 2:26:47 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

Thank you! Your post sent me down some interesting DNA rabbit holes.


55 posted on 04/08/2019 2:44:17 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: Snake Skin Sonny

I bought a 3/8 drill from there for a few bucks.

The chuck was frozen and I cooked the drill trying to loosen it.


56 posted on 04/08/2019 2:46:09 PM PDT by wally_bert (Disc jockeys are as interchangeable as spark plugs.)
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To: Snake Skin Sonny

Those 99 dollar engines are awesome.
I’ve got three of them on go karts.
They cribbed Honda so closely the parts interchange.


57 posted on 04/08/2019 2:50:29 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Red Badger

Can you be a criminal if there are no laws yet?


58 posted on 04/08/2019 2:58:26 PM PDT by Hugin ("Not one step from his weapons should a traveler take"...Havamal 38)
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To: centurion316
;^) BTW, that was a purloined bit of humor.

59 posted on 04/08/2019 3:21:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

purloined? Is that the little bit at the end of the sirloin? or is purloin the sirloin on cats?


60 posted on 04/08/2019 3:23:08 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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