We've already got a poll about Ötzi's Y-haplogroup. Let's now try to guess some of his physical features (those not identifiable from forensics) as well as invisible traits (such as lactose intolerance) and his autosomal admixtures (if we can run his DNA through the Dodecad calculator).
Regarding his eye color, some sites (including Wikipedia) say that he likely had brown eyes, while other say he had blue eyes. I would rather go for brown eyes because he was, in my opinion, pre-Indo-European, non-Nordic, and probably descended from Anatolian/Caucasian immigrants rather than Paleolithic Europeans.
The hair colour has been described as dark brown. I would also go with dark brown or black. The new reconstruction of Ötzi depicts him as having thin, fairly damaged hair. I think that on the contrary he had thick and rather straight hair (more Asian-like).
I am convinced that he was lactose intolerant as the mutation for lactase persistence appeared not too long before his life in the Pontic-Caspian steppe.
Autosomally I expect Ötzi to be predominantly West Asian and Mediterranean; perhaps 50-50, or up to 70% West Asian, although it's hard to say since it is unclear what the Dodecad "Mediterranean" element comprises.
Regarding his eye color, some sites (including Wikipedia) say that he likely had brown eyes, while other say he had blue eyes. I would rather go for brown eyes because he was, in my opinion, pre-Indo-European, non-Nordic, and probably descended from Anatolian/Caucasian immigrants rather than Paleolithic Europeans.
The hair colour has been described as dark brown. I would also go with dark brown or black. The new reconstruction of Ötzi depicts him as having thin, fairly damaged hair. I think that on the contrary he had thick and rather straight hair (more Asian-like).
I am convinced that he was lactose intolerant as the mutation for lactase persistence appeared not too long before his life in the Pontic-Caspian steppe.
Autosomally I expect Ötzi to be predominantly West Asian and Mediterranean; perhaps 50-50, or up to 70% West Asian, although it's hard to say since it is unclear what the Dodecad "Mediterranean" element comprises.