Ötzi provides oldest human blood cells ever found
Posted On: Jun 19th, 2015 at 14:16
Italy / Austria
Everyone’s favourite mummified remains – Ötzi the Iceman – have astonishingly revealed the oldest known human blood cells ever to be found.
Ötzi was killed around 5,300 years ago on mountains between Austria and Italy and died from wounds likely to have been inflicted in an ambush. Other fibrin cells found suggest he died very quickly from his injuries, as these cells are manufactured by the body as a clotting agent.
