Couple Discovers a Mysterious, 5,300-Year-Old Iceman While Hiking in the Alps

Early Early Medicine

5300 year old iceman
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The discovery of Otzi’s joint tattoos led scientists to theorize that they could have been used for acupuncture. If that were the case, then Otzi would be proof of this alternative form of medicine well before its first known use in China 2,000 years later.

 

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