Homo slapiens
Daily Star|August 17, 2023
DNA TESTS SHOW EARLY MAN WAS BALD AS A COOT
STEVE HUGHES
Homo slapiens

AN ancient human was a baldy man rather than having long locks, boffins have revealed.

Otzi the Iceman - whose mummified body was found in the Alps and lived 5,300 years ago - was originally believed to have white skin and long hair.

But scientists analysing his DNA now reckon it's more likely he was dark-skinned and bald as a coot.

This story is from the August 17, 2023 edition of Daily Star.

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