Ötzi

[cory]

Lol!

On the run is definitely a viable theory among the experts.

 

[cory]

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[Levi]

Otzi thug life, hell yeah!

I was thinking he was some sort of time traveling warrior preist, like the highlander

 

[cory]

Damn that sounds cool.

 

[Levi]

Right? Pretty much my fantasy in a nut shell, to be a time agent.

 

[MasterBlaster]

This was a cool series...

11.22.63

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[Levi]

Nice, that looks like a good one, thanks Butch.

 

[MasterBlaster]

It has an awesome ending. 10 episodes, IIRC.

 

[Levi]

I'm in. King, Abrams, and Franco. Don't see how you could go wrong.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'm sure Ötzi woulda loved it!

 

[Levi]

Forgive me if it was mentioned in already in the thread or a link but... was it ever determined where Otzi came from? As in where's his homies?

 

[cory]

Well he was found on the Austria/Italy border. I don't think anyone has conjectured exactly where he lived but people with links to his DNA are in Corsica and Sardinia

 

[Steve Mack]

Corsica? Well there you go, old school Corsican Mafia. Must have dobbed on someone, no witness protection back then.


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ëh? I thought you had a mac.

 

[cory]

Looks like a fun flick.

I do have a mac, it's a copy/pasting fool

 

[MasterBlaster]

I just rewatched it - cool flick.

 

[Steve Mack]

It wasn't too bad and Michelle still looks pretty good.

The French Connection was a good movie, best car chase ever. If anyone doesn't know about the Corsican Mafia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Connection


Back on topic, sort of.

A recent find in South Australia shows there were people here 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, 49,000 years ago. And they used hafted axes, guess they would have needed them going by the size of wombats and other things then. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-...original-settlement-in-arid-australia/7983864

 

[MasterBlaster]

And just think - dinosaurs ruled for 135 million years.

And we think we're so smart...

 

[cory]

Bumping this.

I suspect most of y'all know about Oetzi, The Iceman but if not, here's a couple good links to bring you up to date.

Ötzi the Iceman: The famous frozen mummy

Ötzi's discovery ranks as one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century.

www.livescience.com

Ötzi the Iceman Had Just Sharpened His Tools Days Before His Murder

Days before his death, Ötzi re-sharpened some of the stone tools in his tool kit.

www.livescience.com

 

[cory]

Testimony from the Iceman

The 5,000-plus-year-old Neolithic man discovered a decade ago is telling scientists how he lived and died

www.smithsonianmag.com

 

[lxskllr]

Good article. The Ötzi story's fascinating, and the forensic science is pretty cool. I think there's probably more secrets to learn from him. If I lived out there, I'd probably make it my hobby to look for more icemen. Good exercise.

 

[Tree09]

As if you would need it there, break dancing all day because it's always cold

 

[pantheraba]

Great articles...thanks for the links.

 

[cory]

Yes it is very fascinating, not only Oetzi's story but the mind blowing ways scientists have slowly been able to discover it using crazy hi tech methods.

Seems though there have been very few new developments in recent years, I wonder is it just a plateau or have we discovered all that we can about Oetzi even though there's so much more we'd so love to learn.

 

[Mick!]

I have sort of followed this story since I saw a programme about it.

 

[cory]

Ötzi the Iceman: What we know 3 decades after his discovery

Considered "Europe’s most famous mummy," the remains of the man who was murdered in the Alps 5,000 years ago continue to reveal details of Neolithic life—and insights into modern health.

www.nationalgeographic.com