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Cultivating live yeast from a 5,300-year-old mummy to make 'wonderful bread'.

Cultivating live yeast from a 5,300-year-old mummy to make 'wonderful bread'.

According to AFP, yeast was found growing in the intestines of a 5,000-year-old male mummy known as 'Ötzi' (commonly referred to as the Iceman), discovered in the Alps.

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【AFP=時事じじ】アルプスの氷河ひょうがで発見はっけんされた約やく5000年ねん前まえの男性だんせいのミイラ「エッツィー」(通称つうしょうアイスマン)の腸内ちょうないで、酵母こうぼが成長せいちょうしているのが見みつかった。

According to AFP, yeast was found growing in the intestines of a 5,000-year-old male mummy known as 'Ötzi' (commonly referred to as the Iceman), discovered in the Alps.

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