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Scientists just baked sourdough bread using yeast from a 5,300-year-old mummy. Researchers studying Ă–tzi the Iceman discovered that parts of his ancient gut microbiome are still metabolically active today, offering a rare glimpse into prehistoric diets, microbial evolution, and what it takes to preserve one of the world's most famous frozen bodies.
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Host: Rachel Feltman
Image credit: Eurac Research/Andrea De Giovanni, Getty Images
#microbiome #archaeology #ancienthistory #microbiology
Scientists just baked sourdough bread using yeast from a 5,300-year-old mummy. Researchers studying Ă–tzi the Iceman discovered that parts of his ancient gut microbiome are still metabolically active today, offering a rare glimpse into prehistoric diets, microbial evolution, and what it takes to preserve one of the world's most famous frozen bodies.
Read more at the đź”— in bio.
Host: Rachel Feltman
Image credit: Eurac Research/Andrea De Giovanni, Getty Images
#microbiome #archaeology #ancienthistory #microbiology
