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Scientists find yeast in frozen mummy's guts, use it to make bread

More than 5,300 years ago, Oetzi the Iceman was strolling through the Alps on the border of Austria and Italy when he was killed by an arrow in the back.

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According to CBS News’s source item, Scientists find yeast in frozen mummy’s guts, use it to make bread, More than 5,300 years ago, Oetzi the Iceman was strolling through the Alps on the border of Austria and Italy when he was killed by an arrow in the back.

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