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AnIcemanwithUlcers

ApreservedhumanbodywasfoundstuckinaglacierbetweenAustriaandItaly.TheIceman
wasdatedtobe5300yearsold.ScientistsfoundanancientformofH.Pyloriinhisstomach.
Thisisanimportantdiscoveryasitcanbeusedtoseehowthebacteriahasevolvedovertime.
Theyalsobelieveitcangiveinsighttohumanmigration,howeversomescientistsdisagree.This
isbecauseitisonlyonebody.Inordertodetectapatterninmigration,manybodieswouldneed
tobefoundfromdifferenttimeperiods.Becausenaturallymummifiedbodiesarerare,thisis
veryunlikelytohappen.Whichiswhythesescientistsbelieveitisinsignificant.However,itis
interestingthatthisbodywasfoundinEurope,butafterstudyingitsDNA,itwasdeterminedto
haveanAsianstrain.ThissuggeststhattheEuropeanstrain,whichisthoughttobeamixofthe
AsianandAfricanstrain,didnotdevelopuntilafterthisicemanstime.Butitwaspreviously
thoughtthattheEuropeanstraindevelopedatleast10000yearsago.Thisdiscoveryisalso
debunkedbysomescientistssayingthatonefossilisntenoughprooftomakeascientificclaim.
Ithinkthattheymaybejumpingtoconclusions,becauseitisalsoapossibilitythatthemanwas
simplytravelingwithasmallgroupofpeople,orbelost,whichwouldexplainhisappearancein
Europe.

WorkCited:
Rosen,M.(2016,January7).TheIcemantellsanewtale:Infectionwithulcercausing
bacteria.RetrievedJanuary13,2016,from
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/icemantellsnewtaleinfectionulcercausingbacteria?mod
e=topic&context=87&tgt=nr

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