Ötzi the Iceman has been frozen for 5,300 years and kept in a chilled room at minus six for the last thirty. Scientists just checked him over properly and found things living on him — some of which appear to have been there the whole time

The mummified prehistoric hunter was thought to be sterile—until researchers discovered an entire ecosystem thriving on his frozen skin. The post Ötzi the Iceman has been frozen for 5,300 years and kept in a chilled room at minus six for the last thirty. Scientists just checked him over properly and found things living on him — some of which appear to have been there the whole time appeared first on Space Daily .