[SunkenCiv]

and for the one which follows, thanks LucyT.

Iceman Mummy Had Moss in His Tummy
by Jeanna Bryner
LiveScience via Yahoo

The remains of the Iceman (also called Ötzi, Frozen Fritz and Similaun Man) were discovered accidentally in 1991 by German tourists in the Eastern Alps. Since then, a suite of tests has opened a window into the guy's life and death. For instance, the Iceman was about 45 years old when he died some 5,200 years ago; he was probably a hunter-gatherer while alive; he sustained a shoulder injury from an arrow and might have died from head trauma; and his last meal included unleavened bread and meat... The food-wrapping moss is called Neckera complanata. And the Iceman probably accidentally ingested a moss called Hymenostylium recurvirostrum along with some drinking water before he died. And he could have applied the bogmoss Sphagnum imbricatum as a wound dressing. That particular bogmoss does not grow, at least today, within about 30 miles (50 km) of the site where Ötzi was found, the researchers say, suggesting the Iceman must have been a traveler... Researchers in the past have found two wounds on the Iceman, one in the back from an arrow and the other a deep cut in his right palm.

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[Ciexyz]

Perhaps he was too weakened from his wounds to gather better food.

[tubebender]

My First Wife was watching a show on Oetzi the other night and came to the conclusion that he was related to her because her Mother came from Austria and First Wife still has relatives there that she corresponds with. I told her it may be but no one really knows where he was from.

No, I did not tell her that her Mother resembled Oetzi...