{"id":15133880,"date":"2026-06-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/it-was-very-very-good-otzi-the-icemans-body-is-covered-in-ancient-yeast-and-scientists-just-used-it-to-make-a-sourdough\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T04:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:01:05","slug":"it-was-very-very-good-otzi-the-icemans-body-is-covered-in-ancient-yeast-and-scientists-just-used-it-to-make-a-sourdough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/it-was-very-very-good-otzi-the-icemans-body-is-covered-in-ancient-yeast-and-scientists-just-used-it-to-make-a-sourdough\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;It was very very good&#039;: \u00d6tzi the Iceman&#039;s body is covered in ancient yeast \u2014 and scientists just used it to make a sourdough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new study cultivated four strains of cold-adapted yeasts that had colonized \u00d6tzi&#8217;s body shortly after his death 5,300 years ago in the Alps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/it-was-very-very-good-otzi-the-icemans-body-is-covered-in-ancient-yeast-and-scientists-just-used-it-to-make-a-sourdough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Science \u2013 livescience<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study cultivated four strains of cold-adapted yeasts that had colonized \u00d6tzi&#8217;s body shortly after his death 5,300 years ago in the 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