Panhandling on the street in San Francisco:
Oetzi’s full genome has now been reported in Nature Communications.
It reveals that he had brown eyes, “O” blood type, was lactose intolerant, and was predisposed to heart disease.
They also show him to be the first documented case of infection by a Lyme disease bacterium.
Analysis of series of anomalies in the Iceman’s DNA also revealed him to be more closely related to modern inhabitants of Corsica and Sardinia than to populations in the Alps, where he was unearthed.
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It’s Willie Nelson!
Careful there. Oetzi will be offended that you are suggesting that he couldn’t pass a drug test.
Yeah. Plus Kris Kristofferson.