Fresh look at DNA from Oetzi the Iceman traces his roots to present day Turkey
Oetzi the Iceman has a new look. Decades after the famous glacier mummy was discovered in the Italian Alps, scientists have dug back into his DNA to paint a better picture of the ancient hunter. They determined that Oetzi was mostly descended from farmers from present day Turkey, and his head was balder and skin darker than what was initially thought, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Cell Genomics. Oetzi, who lived more than 5,000 years ago, was frozen into the ice after he was killed by an arrow to the back. His