Scientists have successfully baked sourdough using yeast taken from Otzi the Iceman, a 5300-year-old mummy discovered frozen in the Austrian Alps.
Researchers found yeast inside the ancient mummy’s remains and after months of painstaking work, managed to bring the prehistoric fungus back to life.
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The result was a tasty loaf of sourdough bread, made from yeast that had been dormant for more than five millennia.
The team behind the extraordinary experiment says brewing beer from the ancient yeast is next on the menu.
Otzi the Iceman, who is believed to have been murdered by an arrow, is one of the world’s most famous and well-preserved mummies, offering scientists a unique window into life during the Copper Age.
The mummified remains were found by hikers in the Austrian Alps in 1991, later dug from a glacier
He is believed to have been in his 40s when he died and around 160cm tall, sustaining on a diet of red deer and wheat.
