March
29
/ 2026
For over three decades, the world pictured Ötzi the Iceman as a rugged, fair-skinned, and hairy prehistoric hunter braving the freezing Alpine winds. Discovered by chance in 1991 by two German hikers, his 5,300-year-old mummified body became an instant global sensation, offering an unprecedented window into the Copper Age. But what if everything we thought we knew about his appearance and ancestry was a lie?
