Who Killed the Iceman?

[DrmDoc]

It seems a Munich Detective may have solved a 5000 year old murder case. According to this New Times article, Inspector Alexander Horn was invited to investigate the murder of Otzi by the director of the Italian Museum where the mummified remains of the 5000 year old corpse is stored. Inspector Horn has determined that Otzi died as a result of an ambush after he had finished a meal rather than having managed a desperate mountain escape with mortal injuries after some combat. Otzi's wound was immediately fatal and Inspector Horn theorizes that Otzi was probably involved in an earlier conflict and was later hunted down and killed as revenge because Otzi's supplies were not taken after his death. It's an interesting article. Enjoy!

[J.C.MacSwell]

It seems a Munich Detective may have solved a 5000 year old murder case. According to this New Times article, Inspector Alexander Horn was invited to investigate the murder of Otzi by the director of the Italian Museum where the mummified remains of the 5000 year old corpse is stored. Inspector Horn has determined that Otzi died as a result of an ambush after he had finished a meal rather than having managed a desperate mountain escape with mortal injuries after some combat. Otzi's wound was immediately fatal and Inspector Horn theorizes that Otzi was probably involved in an earlier conflict and was later hunted down and killed as revenge because Otzi's supplies were not taken after his death. It's an interesting article. Enjoy!

Thanks Doc

I had read about him recently and the fact that he had more Neanderthal DNA than modern Europeans, after reading a thread in the Bio section IIRC. (might have been in speculations)

Here is his Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96tzi

[DrmDoc]

According to the New York Times article, the museum's curator commented, "He is so close to us. He uses the same equipment as we do when he goes to the mountain, just the materials are different. And we are still killing each other, so maybe there hasn’t been so much evolution after all.” I thought, why would there be any expectation that we are any less primitive in behavior than our ancestors 5000 years old? I don't think 5000 years is a very long time for humanity to change its nature without intervention.