Scientists have said that eating people fifty centuries ago

A group of scientists under the direction of the Italian research center Eurac Research conducted an analysis of the contents of the mummy stomach of a 5300-year-old man, ötzi.

In the study, researchers found that it was the last meal of the mummy.

As you know, with the help of microscopy techniques, scientists detect in the body of ötzi the remains of a poisoned fern, fresh or dried goat meat, deer and deer. herbs.

"He apparently had a diet with a high fat content," say the researchers. According to scientists, the choice of food was associated with the need to constantly make energy for hunting.

Your last meal, write the researchers, ötzi managed to eat 30 minutes to two hours before his death It is believed that ötzi died at the age of 45 years as a result of a two-day fight with his contemporaries.

The mummy of a Chalcolithic man was discovered in 1991 in the Ötztal Alps and is considered one of the oldest mummies in the world. The age of ötzi, as the mummy is named because of the fact that it was found near the valley of ötz is about 5300 years old.