Non-Human DNA Found During Biopsy of Mummy

[Crusader]

In 1991, hikers in the Ötztal Alps near the Italian-Austrian border stumbled upon what appeared to be a human corpse jutting out of the ice and meltwater. The body was extracted, and after exhaustive examination, researchers concluded that the glacier mummy was a 45-year-old male, about 1.6 meters (5 foot 3 inches) tall and weighing 50 kilograms (110 pounds). Analyses of his tissue samples and possessions -- which included an axe, dagger, bow and arrows, a full set of clothing, and a first aid kit -- indicate that he lived about 5,300 years ago in the Copper Age. He likely died from an arrowhead wound in his left shoulder. Ötzi the Iceman, as he came to be called, is house in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Italy.

Read more at http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/non-human-dna-discovered-during-biopsy-%C3%B6tzi-iceman#qk3LRtYGWmqxg8k2.99

Edit: I work with computers too much, DNA not DNS lol

 

[Nebulous]

So the non-human DNA was a virus of some kind?

 

[Jazzy]

RE: Non-Human DNS Found During Biopsy of Mummy

According to the researchers, the bacteria didn’t colonize the body after death; they were part of Ötzi’s “commensal oral microflora” when he was alive. These findings confirm a CT-based diagnosis published last year showing that the Iceman suffered from periodontitis, an infection of the ligaments and bones that support teeth. It’s what happens when inflamed gums go unchecked.

This is why regular dental visits are very important!

 

[Nebulous]

According to the researchers, the bacteria didn’t colonize the body after death; they were part of Ötzi’s “commensal oral microflora” when he was alive. These findings confirm a CT-based diagnosis published last year showing that the Iceman suffered from periodontitis, an infection of the ligaments and bones that support teeth. It’s what happens when inflamed gums go unchecked.

This is why regular dental visits are very important!

Were they around 5300 years ago?

 

[Crusader]

According to the researchers, the bacteria didn’t colonize the body after death; they were part of Ötzi’s “commensal oral microflora” when he was alive. These findings confirm a CT-based diagnosis published last year showing that the Iceman suffered from periodontitis, an infection of the ligaments and bones that support teeth. It’s what happens when inflamed gums go unchecked.

This is why regular dental visits are very important!

Were they around 5300 years ago?

Thats no excuse!

 

[Nebulous]

According to the researchers, the bacteria didn’t colonize the body after death; they were part of Ötzi’s “commensal oral microflora” when he was alive. These findings confirm a CT-based diagnosis published last year showing that the Iceman suffered from periodontitis, an infection of the ligaments and bones that support teeth. It’s what happens when inflamed gums go unchecked.

This is why regular dental visits are very important!

Were they around 5300 years ago?

Thats no excuse!

Well I believe our victim here had an excuse, he didn't have the option of going to a dentist