A) Siberia B) The Rocky Mountains C) The Alps D) The Himalayas
A) Around 1,000 years old B) Around 100 years old C) Around 5,300 years old D) Around 10,000 years old
A) Smithsonian Museum, USA B) South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, Italy C) Louvre Museum, France D) British Museum, UK
A) Frostbite B) Snake bite C) Arrow wound D) Stab wound
A) MRI scans B) X-ray machines C) Telescope D) DNA sequencing
A) Mummification B) In a time capsule C) Embalming D) By being frozen in ice
A) Flint B) Obsidian C) Diamond D) Ruby
A) Fir B) Willow C) Oak D) Birch
A) Wool beanie B) Bearskin cap C) Straw hat D) Metal helmet
A) 1 sibling B) 3 siblings C) Unknown D) 10 siblings
A) Bronze B) Copper C) Steel D) Iron
A) 2005 B) 2010 C) 1991 D) 1980
A) The Iron Man B) The Bronze Man C) The Iceman D) The Stone Man
A) Between 4000 and 3500 BC B) Between 2500 and 2000 BC C) Between 5000 and 4500 BC D) Between 3350 and 3105 BC
A) An arrowhead B) A knife blade C) A stone axe D) A spear tip
A) Two German tourists, Helmut and Erika Simon B) Swiss scientists C) Austrian mountaineers D) Italian archaeologists
A) 2,500 m (8,202 ft) B) 1,500 m (4,921 ft) C) 4,000 m (13,123 ft) D) 3,210 m (10,530 ft)
A) Reinhold Messner B) Hans Kammerlander C) Konrad Spindler D) Helmut Simon
A) 66% B) 33% C) 50% D) 1%
A) It was buried deeper in the ice B) It was stolen C) It was snapped D) It was preserved perfectly
A) His head was severed B) He lost both legs C) The hip area was damaged and his left arm was broken D) His torso was crushed
A) It melted away B) It turned completely black C) It became perfectly preserved D) Fungus began growing on it
A) A neutral zone between Austria and Italy B) Directly into a river flowing north C) The Italian side D) The Austrian side
A) 92.56 meters (101.22 yards) B) 50 meters (54.68 yards) C) 150 meters (164.04 yards) D) 200 meters (218.16 yards)
A) Innsbruck University B) University of Bolzano C) University of Trentino D) University of Vienna
A) 1989 B) 1998 C) 2010 D) 2004
A) 1998 B) 2004 C) 2010 D) 1989
A) How the environment had affected their preservation, which would help unravel Ötzi's past B) Their identities and personal histories C) The exact cause of death for each soldier D) Their military strategies during World War I
A) Domesticated goats B) Closer to modern domestic European sheep than wild sheep C) Brown bears D) Wild mountain sheep
A) He may have been a high-altitude shepherd. B) He worked as a hunter-gatherer. C) He was a weaver. D) He was likely a potter.
A) 99.7% B) 98.3% C) 95.5% D) 90.4%
A) A rare lineage from North Africa B) A unique group found solely in South America C) An extinct species found only in Asia D) A common female ancestor inhabiting central Europe today
A) Majority B) Lesser contribution C) Equal to Anatolian farmer-related ancestry D) None
A) Peaceful coexistence among tribes. B) Advanced agricultural practices. C) Prehistoric warfare. D) Early trade networks.
A) Ultrasound scanning B) X-ray imaging C) Noninvasive multispectral techniques D) Infrared photography
A) 19 B) 5 C) 50 D) 100
A) North Africa B) Anatolia C) The British Isles D) Scandinavia
A) K1ö B) G-L91 C) FGC5672 D) K1a
A) 12 B) 10 C) 14 D) 16
A) Caffeine B) Lycopene C) Gamma-terpinene D) Beta-carotene
A) Vegetarian diet B) Low-fat diet C) Grain-heavy, high-carbohydrate diet D) High-protein diet
A) Central Germany B) Northern Alps C) Southern Tuscany D) Eastern France
A) Murphy, William A.; Nedden, Dieter zur; Gostner, Paul B) Kennedy, Frances; Macintyre, Ben C) De Marinis, Raffaele C.; Brillante, Giuseppe D) Dickson, James Holms; Fowler, Brenda
A) Wild boar B) Ibex C) Red deer D) Chamois
A) Albert Zink B) Klaus Oeggl C) Magdalena Mohar Jarc, a retired Slovenian climber D) Sandra Nemeth from Switzerland
A) Over a dozen B) Twenty C) Ten D) Five
A) 2003 B) 2005 C) 2006 D) 1994
A) Celiac disease B) Lactose intolerance C) Diabetes D) Asthma
A) 61 B) 100 C) 75 D) 50
A) hpAsia2 B) hpEurope1 C) hpAfrica4 D) hpAmerica3
A) Tattoos B) Paintings C) Hieroglyphs D) Inscriptions
A) A British archaeologist B) An Italian historian C) An Irish researcher D) A Czech academic
A) Ten B) Fifteen C) Eight D) Twelve
A) Bearskin B) Wild sheep skin C) Deer hide D) Domesticated goat leather
A) Not related. B) Younger. C) Older. D) The same age.
A) Malaria B) Smallpox C) Lyme disease D) Tuberculosis
A) The Independent B) "The Times" C) Radiology journal D) NOVA Online, PBS
A) Steppe-related ancestry B) Anatolian farmer-related ancestry C) Neolithic farmer-related ancestry D) European hunter-gatherer-related ancestry
A) 2012 B) 2000 C) 2023 D) 1995
A) Predominant. B) Commonly found. C) Extremely rare occurrences. D) Widespread.
A) November 2003 B) 29 September 2008 C) September 2006 D) June 2006
A) Wild roe deer B) Brown bear C) Goat D) Domesticated cattle
A) 50% B) 70% C) 30% D) 90%
A) Whole grain bread B) Rye bread C) Herb bread made from einkorn wheat bran D) Sourdough bread
A) 25% of Ötzi's value B) $300,000 C) €150,000 D) €50,000
A) K1ö B) G-L91 C) FGC5672 D) M201
A) P287 B) L166 C) G-L91 D) K1
A) High risk B) Low risk C) No risk D) Moderate risk
A) Giardia lamblia B) Trichuris trichiura (whipworm) C) Taenia solium D) Ascaris lumbricoides
A) Diabetes B) Hypertension C) Obesity-related metabolic disorders D) Hyperthyroidism |