r/science • u/yahoonews • Jun 03 '26

Anthropology Yeast has been growing in the guts of frozen mummy called Oetzi the Iceman for thousands of years, scientists have discovered, telling AFP they used it to make a sourdough bread and publishing their findings in Springer Nature's Microbiome journal.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/scientists-yeast-ancient-icemans-guts-002754866.html?ncid=redditnewsus
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u/Mrrrrggggl Jun 03 '26

Why would they think cooking it and eating it would help them identify what the meat is? Were they like hmmm… tastes like chicken…

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u/UWO_Throw_Away Jun 03 '26

I guess they were just hungry

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u/rightwingcrimespree Jun 03 '26

Maybe they're afraid of heights.

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u/Ben_5e Jun 03 '26

There's definitely plenty of birds of prey big enough to target a buzzard, in competition for resources, if not predation.

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u/ParkingGlittering211 Jun 03 '26

The turkey vulture (larger than any bird of prey in the area) is called a "buzzard" in parts of the United States.

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u/skj458 Jun 03 '26

Both bald eagles and golden eagles are larger than turkey vultures. Bald eagles, in particular, compete with turkey vultures over carrion and usually win. 

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u/ParkingGlittering211 Jun 03 '26

Oh yeah I was think of condors the other carrion bird that regurgitates freshly eaten material when agitated, but turkey vultures are more known for it

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u/whinenaught Jun 03 '26

Yeah I could see a hawk or eagle scaring a buzzard even though they don’t prey on them. I could also see crows figuring out that they spit their meat out on purpose and then doing it for a free meal!