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."

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Not much of a tooth brusher

[reboot246]

and "plagued by both periodontal disease and cavities."

He was British?

Re:Not much of a tooth brusher

[jackbird]

If he's getting a colonoscopy as part of a dental procedure, I'd say his dental problem is far from simple...

Lies

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

I was a little confused by the headline

[joe_cot]

I thought they were talking about this guy. He's been in prison for a while, but he didn't get the death penalty.

Val Kilmer

[jgerry]

For a minute I thought Val Kilmer had died.

To answer his mother's burning question...

[DdJ]

...did he at least have clean underwear?

Re:We're not sure where he was killed

[Hatta]

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.

You see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?