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The Iceman's Last Meal
sciencehabit writes "Less than two hours before he hiked his last steps in the Tyrolean Alps 5000 years ago, Ötzi the Iceman fueled up on a last meal of ibex meat, according to a new study. Armed with Ötzi's newly sequenced genome and a detailed dental analysis, scientists have also found that the Iceman had brown eyes (not blue, as commonly assumed) and probably wasn't much of a tooth brusher. Dental analysis shows that the Iceman suffered a blunt force trauma to two teeth — possibly a blow to the mouth — at least several days before his death and was plagued by both periodontal disease and cavities."
and "plagued by both periodontal disease and cavities."
He was British?
He probably did the old "tie a rock to the tooth and throw then rock" to get rid of his toothache. The tooth was not as sick as he thought, and Ôtzi followed the stone down the alps. First Darwin Award y'all.
Everyone knows primitive man was vegetarian. We are given a McDonalds palate at birth by our capitalist/consumer industrial processed food culture. They knew better.
Oh, and they weren’t violent either.
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I thought they were talking about this guy. He's been in prison for a while, but he didn't get the death penalty.
For a minute I thought Val Kilmer had died.
did they determine if goatse suffered any permanent damage from stretching his asshole?
You know what's funny is that the last thing I ate before posting this was Twizzlers and yet I do not suffer from periodontal disease. You would think it would be the opposite with mister ibex jerky there lol.
There's claims that he may have been moved after death and that he may have been killed in or around a settlement off the Alps.
That aside, the continuing research is building up an amazing picture. I assume they've done the strontium isotope testing on the teeth to locate exactly where he was originally from.
What's more, glaciers in the Alps and across Scandanavia are releasing enormous amounts of organics, allowing for a much better picture of the time to be built. The main concern had by archaeologists is that the amount they're able to collect (due to really insignificant resources) is tiny compared to what's actually being released. Cloth and wood, when released by a glacier, will rot extremely quickly if efforts are not made to preserve it (not the seconds shown in Indiana Jones IV, but months to maybe a year or so) but may be removed and destroyed/buried by mud, animals, build-up of the terminal morraine, etc, long before that.
What we do have, though, is a picture of an era within that area that is incredibly comprehensive. We only know about the use of colour in early mediterranian clothes because X-Ray fluorescence on Greek and Roman sculptures reveals the paints used. We actually have dyed cloth from Otzi's time. We know the Romans loved wine and beer, from their writings and from residue in containers, but we've actually found seeds in the process of being malted in German and France again contemporary with Otzi along with other ingredients in their raw form. Also from that era, we have found doors that are painted and have latches, ropes, longbows, shoes and other artifacts, most of which are either completely or almost completely intact. That is impressive.
Provided more enthusiasts in Europe go out, find, salvage as necessary, and report organics to make up for the lack of archaeological resources, we are quite capable of building a picture of Bronze Age and Iron Age Europe that is more comprehensive than our knowledge of early-to-mid Medieval times.
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...did he at least have clean underwear?
The more I hear about this guy, the more I think of a partially successful escape from some chieftain daughters room. He was probably shouting something like "Everybody lies about sex, it depends on what your definition of is is, and it was all George W Bushes fault!" while he was running away. Several forced reincarnations later, and his vocal efforts finally worked out better.
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
it's not as bad as you think. having fresh set of teeth all the time is a feature.
Well, the Egyptians certainly aren't pre-civilisation, but I doubt they had white sugar, at least.
They most certainly had honey.
Lacking <sarcasm> tags,
Dentists swarm him? Don't you think it's a little LATE to bitch at him about his dental hygene? They have no limits, I swear.
He eats meat and a few hours later he's dead. That's what meat does to you.
If you won't think for the animals, think for yourselves! Of course, I've got a little more time to think. Being a raw foods-only vegan means I'm going to outlive you all by years.
I take it you live in Northern Virginia. I'd say hi at the junction between I-495 and I-66 if I wasn't too interested in killing some dumb fucker!
Wollt ihr den totalen Krieg?
My dentist is a beekeeper and sells honey at his office. He says that honey is naturally anti-bacterial and doesn't cause tooth decay because it's the acid generated by bacteria that damages tooth enamel.
Easy enough to test: eat a mouthful of honey, and then take an oral swab. Test it for bacteria.
The reason that honey is anti-bacterial is simple osmotic pressure: the sugar concentration is so high that bacteria get dehydrated. Pure sugar works exactly the same way. Dilution, no shock, cancels out the effect.
However, a dentist selling honey as a tooth preservative? Might be a good business plan.
Lacking <sarcasm> tags,
Chuck 'The Iceman' Lidell is alive and well, fuck YOU very much.
Honey is not antiseptic due simply to a high sugar rate.
This page says that honey is antiseptic in various ways and that some types of honey are more antiseptic than others. And this research seems to suggest that a part of the antibacterial activity might be of plant origin and the major part of the antibacterial activity of honeydew honey is of bee origin.
Put simply: It's complex, and we don't know it all yet.
Medical grade types of honey are still being discovered. "Medical grade honey"? Yes, this article claims that eight species of problematic wound pathogens, including those with high levels of innate or acquired antibiotic resistance, were killed by 4.0–14.8% honey , meaning that they're effective even when diluted.
It's an intersting read, especially the 1st article.
Ötzi was found at the border between Italy (South Tyrol) and Austria (North Tyrol), and after some fight who got rights on him he is/was being examined and exhibited in Innsbruck (North Tyrol, Austria) and in Bozen (South Tyrol, Italy) - despite the tag, Switzerland got nothing to do with it, besides also featuring the Alps.
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Hailing from MD, and have to agree with you there, every one of his points made me chuckle.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?