[MeanWestTexan]

Just an hunch, but I’m thinking that being stupid enough to wander off into the Alps with little clothing would be a negative factor in leaving offspring.

[OneWingedShark]

>Just an hunch, but I’m thinking that being stupid enough to wander off into the Alps with little clothing would be a negative factor in leaving offspring.

True. But he could have been waylaid as he was traveling, as the article says they did find an arrowhead in his shoulder.

[MissCalico]

Since he was in his 40's It's likely he procreated before he died. He also probably had siblings and cousins and even possibly parents, aunts, uncles and maybe even grandchildren and grandparents, some of who shared his Maternal DNA. That one line of DNA either died out sometime over the last several thousand years or there are surviving isolated pockets somewhere.

I don't know why they haven't already checked the DNA of the local surrounding valleys. It would be so interesting to me if they found one of his descendants.