Ötzi Emerged From Alpine Ice

In 1991 , hikers in the Alps found a 5,300 year old man naturally preserved in ice near the border of Austria and Italy . Scientists later studied the remains of Ötzi , and found that his last meal was ibex meat and grains . They also found more than 60 soot tattoos around his joints and spine, along with his copper axe, flint knife, fire-starting kit, and grass cloak.

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