19 septembre 1991, deux alpinistes viennent de découvrir un corps dépassant de la glace dans les Alpes de l'Ötztal. D’abord pris pour celui d’un alpiniste malchanceux, le corps s’avère être celui d’un homme mort il y a 5 300 ans. Mais qui était cet homme et comment est-il mort ? Chapitres 00:00 Introduction 00:30 Un corps dans la glace 01:54 5 000 ans 02:37 Un homme des montagnes 05:15 Un meurtre 07:05 Les incohérences 09:21 La reconstitution 12:21 L’amadouvier 13:41 Fomitopsis betulina 15:52 Une santé fragile 18:13 Conclusion 18:41 Outro Références Bonani, G., Ivy, S. D., Hajdas, I., Niklaus, T. R., & Suter, M. (1994). Ams 14C Age Determinations of Tissue, Bone and Grass Samples from the Ötztal Ice Man. Radiocarbon, 36(2), 247–250. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200040534 IJsveld, E. (2023). Reconstructing Ötzi’s shoes. EXARC Journal, (EXARC Journal Issue 2023/2). https://exarc.net/issue-2023-2/at/reconstructing-otzis-shoes Kean, W. F., Tocchio, S., Kean, M., & Rainsford, K. D. (2013). The musculoskeletal abnormalities of the Similaun Iceman (‘ÖTZI’): Clues to chronic pain and possible treatments. Inflammopharmacology, 21(1), 11–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10787-012-0153-5 Maixner, F., Turaev, D., Cazenave-Gassiot, A., Janko, M., Krause-Kyora, B., Hoopmann, M. R., Kusebauch, U., Sartain, M., Guerriero, G., O’Sullivan, N., Teasdale, M., Cipollini, G., Paladin, A., Mattiangeli, V., Samadelli, M., Tecchiati, U., Putzer, A., Palazoglu, M., Meissen, J., … Zink, A. (2018). The Iceman’s Last Meal Consisted of Fat, Wild Meat, and Cereals. Current Biology, 28(14), 2348-2355.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.067 Oeggl, K., Kofler, W., Schmidl, A., Dickson, J. H., Egarter-Vigl, E., & Gaber, O. (2007). The reconstruction of the last itinerary of “Ötzi”, the Neolithic Iceman, by pollen analyses from sequentially sampled gut extracts. Quaternary Science Reviews, 26(7), 853–861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.12.007 Pleszczyńska, M., Lemieszek, M. K., Siwulski, M., Wiater, A., Rzeski, W., & Szczodrak, J. (2017). Fomitopsis betulina (formerly Piptoporus betulinus): The Iceman’s polypore fungus with modern biotechnological potential. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 33(5), 83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-017-2247-0 Ruff, C. B., Holt, B. M., Sládek, V., Berner, M., Murphy, W. A., zur Nedden, D., Seidler, H., & Recheis, W. (2006). Body size, body proportions, and mobility in the Tyrolean ‘Iceman’. Journal of Human Evolution, 51(1), 91–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.02.001 Samadelli, M., Melis, M., Miccoli, M., Vigl, E. E., & Zink, A. R. (2015). Complete mapping of the tattoos of the 5300-year-old Tyrolean Iceman. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 16(5), 753–758. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2014.12.005 Weber, J., Wahl, J., Samadelli, M., & Zink, A. (2025). New insights on Ötzi’s injuries from a clinical perspective. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 42555. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-27969-9 Weber, J., Wahl, J., & Zink, A. (2024). Ötzi: Abnormal Arm Position Possibly to Staunch Bleeding Following Arrow Injury. Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 121(23), 765. https://doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.m2024.0144 Wierer, U., Arrighi, S., Bertola, S., Kaufmann, G., Baumgarten, B., Pedrotti, A., Pernter, P., & Pelegrin, J. (2018). The Iceman’s lithic toolkit: Raw material, technology, typology and use. PLOS ONE, 13(6), e0198292. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198292
