Re: "iceman"

• Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
• Next message: J. Moore: "Re: Multi-Regional vs. Replacement, was This might be an ev"
• Previous message: (no name): "Canine teeth"

In article <3qg35l$h5i@bubba.NMSU.Edu> dmckee@nmsu.edu (David Wayne McKee) writes:
>From: dmckee@nmsu.edu (David Wayne McKee)
>Subject: Re: "iceman"
>Date: 30 May 1995 21:36:53 GMT

>jimmy patrick (jcpatric@ix.netcom.com) wrote:

>: Does anyone know of sources or current data on the mummy/body found in
>: the Austian/Italian glacier. It was a big splash in the press for a
>: while, now I see nothing. No links found through gopher/WWW engines.

>I saw a blub on it some monthes ago (I think in Scientific American, but
>I could be out of my alleged mind). Some work is still being done, but
>there is a problem: you joke about melting is no joke. They keep him in a
>big freezer, but it's too cold in there for the scientist. So, they pull
>the corpse out, take samples, make measurements et. al. and put him back
>in the frezzer in a hurry, but the surface layer are still undergoing
>repeated freezing/thawing, and it is degradeing the condition of the corpse.

I've seen a book (out in paperback now). But I forget the title and
publisher. It's by Spindler, I think. It has been available for about a year.

Robert Saunders

• Next message: J. Moore: "Re: Multi-Regional vs. Replacement, was This might be an ev"
• Previous message: (no name): "Canine teeth"