World's oldest blood discovered

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/iceman-oetzi-lived-while-arrow-wound-221920501.html

The mummy of an iceman named Oetzi, discovered on 1991 in the Italian Schnal Valley glacier, displayed at the Archeological Museum of Bolzano in 2011. Oetzi, the 5,300-year-old "Iceman" mummy of the Alps, lived for some time after being shot in the back by an arrow, scientists said on Tuesday after using forensic technology to analyse his preserved blood

Posted: at 2-05-2012 01:02 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie

Aha, you went to the heart of it, Shmeckell.

The man who shot Oetzi in the back was from the adjacent Zimmer glacier, and thought that Oetzi was some sort of intruder. Ignoring all pleas to let the stranger go by, he pursued and shot Oetzi. Afterwards, the loudest and most ignorant mountain men said that the Zimmer-man was quite within his rights to shoot anyone who even looked out of place.

Of course, in these more enlightened times, such a thing could never happen.

Posted: at 5-05-2012 05:39 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac