Ötzi the 5,300-year-old caveman proves that humans have ALWAYS loved bacon
We finally know what the ancient human ate for breakfast before he was killed by an arrow
HUNGOVER Brits chomping down on a bacon sarnie this morning have a lot in common with their ancestors, it seems.
Scientists have discovered a caveman found preserved in ice ate rashers before he died.
German hikers stumbled upon Otzi. a 5,300-year-old caveman in the Oetztal Alps in Italy back in 1991.
His discovery and the 25 years of analysis that followed helped researchers glimpse what life was like in 3,300 BC, during the Copper Age.
They were able to create a model of what Otzi would have looked like, and even developed sounds he would have made based on his vocal chords.
And now we know that he was a bacon fan, too.
Speaking at a science conference in Vienna this week, mummy expert Albert Zink said: "We've analysed the meat's nanostructure and it looks like he ate very fatty, dried meat, most likely bacon."
Otzi was 45 when he met his violent end.
An arrow severed a a major blood vessel between his rib cage and left shoulder blade and he likely bled to death.
The red-haired hunter was about five foot and three inches tall and weighed eight stone.
It's not just our love of bacon that has prevailed.
There are 11 familiar habits that have stuck with us despite evolution.
They include getting goosebumps and breaking wind.
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