Mastodawn

Every now and then there is a piece of news thats new and surprising and warm to think about. This for me is something like that.

https://blog.familytreedna.com/otzi-the-iceman-dna/

Ötzi the Iceman’s DNA Reveals a Living Relative 5,000 Years Later

For years, experts believed Ötzi the Iceman’s mitochondrial DNA lineage had vanished. New genetic analysis reveals it still survives today.

FamilyTreeDNA Blog

Ancient Origins Jan 14

Ö𝘁𝘇𝗶 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆
Did Ötzi the Iceman carry a cancer-linked strain of HPV? New genetic analysis suggests HPV16 may have been with modern humans far longer than previously thought.
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https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/otzi-hpv-evidence-00102447