Iceman's Gut Holds Clues to Humans' Spread into Europe

The frozen mummy may have died with a wicked stomach ache from H. pylori bacteria, which also help date a migration wave from Africa.
Anthropologist Albert Zink is trying to solve a classic cold case: the death of Ötzi the Iceman, the famous mummy preserved in the frozen Italian Alps for millennia.

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Iceman's Gut Holds Clues to Humans' Spread into Europe