Ötzi the Iceman's DNA Was Just Re-Sequenced — and He's Nothing Like We Imagined

In 1991, two hikers stumbled on a body in the melting Alpine ice — and discovered a 5,300-year-old man who walked the mountains before the pyramids were built. For decades scientists studied Ötzi the Iceman more closely than almost any human in history, but a 2023 re-sequencing of his DNA revealed that the face in the museum was completely wrong.

This documentary explores how Ötzi was found, the clumsy recovery that damaged priceless artifacts, and what the freeze-dried mummy taught us about Copper Age Europe. Then we dig into the new genetic evidence that overturned everything — and why it matters for how science corrects itself.

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