Iceman funeral rites
Ötzi, the 5000-year-old mummified “iceman” discovered in the Alps in 1991, may have been ceremonially buried. A new analysis of the objects buried with him lends weight to the controversial idea that his body was carefully laid to rest (). It is generally thought that he became entombed in ice after being attacked.
Smoking stool pigeons
Analysing a baby’s first stools could reveal how much tobacco smoke the fetus was exposed to. The amount of tobacco breakdown products in 337 babies’ excretions correlated with those in the mothers’ blood. The method could be used as a non-invasive measure…
