New DNA analysis has revealed that Oetzi, the 5,300-year-old mummy discovered in a melting glacier in the Italian Alps 25 years ago, harbored a pathogen in his stomach when he was murdered.
The bug, Helicobacter pylori, is common and gives people gastritis and stomach ulcers.
Iceman Melted to Reveal Stomach Bug
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