Scientists Use Yeast in 5,300-year-old Mummy to Make Sourdough Bread (opens in new tab)

Scientists studying Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy kept in Alpine ice, found yeast linked to his preserved body and later used it in a lab test that made sourdough dough rise. Eurac Research scientists analyzed ice from the mummy’s surface, meltwater inside the body, skin swabs, tissue samples, stomach contents, and soil from the […] The post appeared first on .