Visited his museum in Bolzano. The gear he had with him was fascinating!
I bet it was. I’d love to see it!
For at least the last 200,000 years humans were as intelligent as people living now. Civilization is a result of scarcity, hunter gatherers living in wide-open spaces with few people and plenty of animals and plants do not need to farm, They just go outside their front door and pick the food or shoot the food. What shelter, tools and clothing they needed to make were well made.
I saw him too.
I remember when they found him, and was curious. Then as I recall there was a custody fight and he was put ‘somewhere’ in some little town in ‘nowhere’ Italy. And I figured at that time, there’s no way I’ll ever see him.
Until years later on a Tour of Italy the guide says, Oh, Otzi is in the museum here.
First place my Wife and I went when the bus stopped.