Genetics from Austria found among living people 19 descendants human mummy which was previously found in the Alps and whose age is estimated at 5300 years. The discovery was made by searching for 3700 Tyrolese characteristic of Oetzi mutation. Details referring to representatives of the research team from the Medical University of Innsbruck, who gave an interview to Austrian Press Agency leads BBC.
The report said that the scientists used the genome previously read Oetzi. Then, in 3700 volunteers took blood for analysis and found that 19 people have the same rare mutation that of the ancient inhabitants of the Tyrolean Alps.
This finding, as explained by the authors, suggests that in the border regions of Italy and Switzerland, too, can find the descendants of Oetzi. The researchers plan to continue the search with the assistance of their colleagues from these countries.
Oetzi, whose body was found frozen in the ice in 1991, became known as the Tyrolean Iceman. Since mummified in a glacier body was well preserved, it scrutinized for two decades. Scientists have not only established a possible occupation, determined that any wounds Oetzi received during his lifetime and that he ate the last time for dinner, but also collected a lot of other information. For example, a study for the skin Oetzi has allowed scientists to learn that the first tattoos were made with soot.
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