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Animator Evan Red Borja of the School of Visual Arts takes a rather humorous look at everyone's favorite preserved human cadaver: Ötzi the Iceman. We've written pretty extensively about the discoveries this frozen corpse has yielded, but Borja is more interested in who Ötzi was. Or rather, who he wasn't. Start your Monday right with this fun cartoon, after the break.

Way back in 1991, Ötzi the Iceman was discovered mummified in the Alps. Although he's been dead for a good 5,300 years, he's incredibly well-preserved, which has given researchers unique glimpse into what life might have been like five millenia ago. Recently, Ötzi was found to be lactose intolerant and pre-disposed to heart disease, but that may not be the end of his secrets. Upon very, very close inspection, scientists have now found intact red blood cells in a wound on Ötzi's shoulder, the oldest known intact red blood cells in existence.

The Tyrolean Iceman, or Ötzi to his friends, was discovered in the Alps back in 1991 and has since then given scientists a window onto humans some 5,300 years ago. Over two decades after his shockingly well preserved remains were found, scientists are still discovering more about Ötzi. Most recently, DNA analysis has revealed what he looked like, where his descendants are now, and what he ate. Or rather, what he didn't eat.

Researchers have been taking a new look into the evidence surrounding the death of Ötzi the Iceman, discovered by hikers in 1991 and still the oldest natural mummy to have been found in Europe. General consensus has it that, judging by the inhospitable location of his body and the stone arrowhead embedded in his shoulder, Ötzi was murdered and his body left to the elements. A new interpretation, posed by Alessandro Vanzetti and his colleagues, states that Ötzi was actually up on the mountain because he was taken there for his funeral.