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'It was very very good': Ötzi the Iceman's body is covered in ancient yeast — and scientists just used it to make a sourdough (opens in new tab)

A new study cultivated four strains of cold-adapted yeasts that had colonized Ötzi's body shortly after his death 5,300 years ago in the Alps.

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