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'It was very very good': Ötzi the Iceman's body is covered in ancient yeast — and scientists just used it to make a sourdough

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Scientists cultivated four strains of ancient cold-adapted yeasts from Ötzi the Iceman's 5,300-year-old body and used them to make sourdough bread, according to a new study.

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