Ötzi the Iceman

—tzi the Iceman is in the news again. New research reveals the cause of his death to be not the arrow wound in his shoulder but an impact at the back of the head. —tzi likely died with his killer standing over him.

Discovery Channel: 'Cause of Iceman's Death'

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I hope this can be a thread where we share and discuss research about the Iceman and his regional contemporaries.

(Daily Mail, UK)

-----Background—tzi is the 5,700-year-old man whose body was discovered by mountain climbers in 1991. The find has yielded a wealth of material for scientific study, including genetic material for —tzi and his assailants, animals and plants.And for a guy whose life, according to YEC views, makes him a contemporary of Adam and Eve, —tzi has endured a cold shoulder indeed from the people who should be most thrilled to find him. He gets no mention at Ken Ham's new 'creation museum' tourist attraction or on dozens of creationist web sites. YECs here don't talk about him unless someone else brings up the subject first.Why does a group so eager to mount expeditions to Noah's ark practically ostracize this son of Adam? Well, maybe it's because —tzi falsifies many YEC assertions about the 'pre-Flood' world. A now classic (and still open) thread hosted by jar deals with this aspect of —tzi.

EvC Forum: Looking for the Super-Genome

That discussion gave birth to a fascinating thread, also still open, dedicated to the world as it really existed 5767 years ago. Research tells us quite a bit about that time, so there's no reason for anyone to operate in the dark. (This material is a great resource for us; it would be good to build up this body of information.)

EvC Forum: The World 5767 Years Ago

-----GoalThis background is provided to help people find related threads that may interest them. This thread will deal with research developments on the Iceman proper, plus any related discoveries about contemporaries.A Science forum, to be determined by our Admins.______

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ArcherAll species are transitional.

Thread copied to the —tzi the Iceman thread in the Human Origins and Evolution forum, this copy of the thread has been closed.