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Scientists bake sourdough using 5300-year-old yeast from ancient mummy Otzi the Iceman

Scientists have successfully baked sourdough using yeast taken from Otzi the Iceman, a 5300-year-old mummy discovered frozen in the Austrian Alps. Researchers found yeast inside the ancient mummy’s remains and after months of painstaking work, managed to bring the prehistoric fungus back.

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