Iceman's Stomach Sampled—Filled With Goat Meat

     In 1991 scientists found the frozen corpse of a 5,300 year old Copper Age man (dubbed 'Otzi) in the Alps between Italy and Austria. Over the years more and more information about him has been analyzed, some of it controversial. The latest article I guess is not all that surprising, that the Ice Man's last meal was a mixture of grains (barley and einkorn) and ibex goat meat. Another interesting tidbit is that scientists found ashes in the Ice Man's intestines, meaning that he cooked at least some of his meals. Also discovered is animal hair and insects, so we can expect that ancient people were not as concerned with the hygiene of meats as modern day. Experts believe Otzi was a alpine herder, and seemed to be murdered, (he had an arrow head lodged in his back, and blunt force trauma to his head) though the circumstances of his death can only be speculated. What I find most interesting is that the Ice Man was an older fellow for the time--- at least in his mid-forties.
Iceman's Stomach Sampled—Filled With Goat Meat