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High-coverage genome of the Tyrolean Iceman reveals unusually high Anatolian farmer ancestry Highlights •High-coverage genome of the Iceman •Unusually high Anatolian-farmer-related ancestry •Dark skin and likely bald Summary The Tyrolean Iceman is known as one of the oldest human glacier...

The Iceman’s lithic toolkit: Raw material, technology, typology and use Abstract The Tyrolean Iceman, a 5,300-year-old glacier mummy recovered at the Tisenjoch (South Tyrol, Italy) together with his clothes and personal equipment, represents a unique opportunity for prehistoric research. The...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/03/otzi-iceman-mummy-brought-to-life-on-film No corpse has ever been examined so thoroughly, attracted so many admirers, or spawned such an array of relics and souvenirs. The mummified Neolithic male known as Ötzi, whose shrivelled body was...

So we know that Neolithic farmers, largely y-haplogroup G2a, occupied most of Europe before the PIE invasions. The current school of thought is that these G2a's were violently displaced and fled into the mountains where they took refuge. What if we were to approach this from a different angle...