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Ötzi The Iceman Was Making Prosciutto Over 5000 Years Ago
New research on Ötzi the Iceman, an exquisitely preserved 5300-year-old human found in a European glacier, shows that he ate a form of dry-cured meat known as “speck” — a fatty, bacon-like snack that’s still found on charcuterie boards today.