Researchers and scientists have relied heavily on fossils and human remains to offer us a glimpse of what life was like on our planet before civilization and the modern world took over, but sometimes ...

In 1991, hikers in the Ötztal Alps discovered the remarkably well-preserved body of Otzi the Iceman, dating back ...

Otzi, the 5,300-year-old iceman mummy who suffered the world's first-known case of Lyme disease, is continuing to reveal the secrets of Europe's ancient past. A recent study found Otzi was also ...

Descendants: Scientists have found 19 living relatives of Ötzi the Iceman who was found frozen ... Archaeologists believe Otzi, who was carrying a bow, a quiver of arrows and a copper axe ...