Hairy clues to the Iceman’s diet
The neolithic man discovered in an Italian glacier in 1991 may have carried a bow and arrows, but he was a strict vegetarian just before his death.
References:
Macko, S.A., et al. 1998. Establishing the stability and stable carbon, nitrogen and sulfur isotope composition of ancient human hair: Reconstructing paleodiets. Meeting of the Geological Society of America. October. Toronto.
Further Readings:
Bower, B. 1996. The Iceman ageth. Science News 149(April 27):269.
Sources:
Stephen A. Macko
University of Virginia
Department of Environmental Sciences
Charlottesville, VA 22903
From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 19, November 7, 1998, p.
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