Iceman Ötzi's stomach bacteria 'rewrite the textbooks' – video

Frank Maixner, a microbiologist atthe Institute for Mummies and the Iceman in Italy, explains the significance of the gut microbes of the Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy found frozen in a European glacier in 1991. When they tested the contents of his stomach, scientists found Helicobacter pylori, an age-old bacterium thatevolved differently according geographic regionContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 8, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Guardian Staff Tags: Anthropology Evolution Migration Science Biology Europe Italy Austria World news Source Type: news