In fact it was a perfectly preserved body from the Late Stone Age. Scientists who studied that period were ________ by the news.

The body was found at ten thousand feet above sea level. The dry cold air at that height _________ the body and this helped preserve it.

The head and shoulders were exposed above the surface. The face was twisted to one side, giving it a ______ appearance.

The face was clearly visible and seemed well preserved. The upper lip was twisted to side in a frozen __________.

The ice that encased the body had to be chipped away. The work had to be done in a _________ manner so as not to harm the body.

The man seems to have been crossing the Alps in winter when he died. Crossing the Alps at that time of the year can be a dangerous ________________.

The age of the body was tested in different ways. If later tests _________ earlier ones, those results are more likely to be accepted.

The man's teeth were carefully studied. The amount of ________ helped to give his age as between thirty and forty.

Late Stone Age people knew how to use needles. We know this because the body was _________ in neatly sewn deerskin garments.

A list was made of objects found by the body. The _______ included a leather quiver filled with arrows, and a small knife.

A great deal was learned from the man's belongings. From them we can _________ a picture of life in the Late Stone Age.

Wounds were found in the man's right hand and left shoulder. A _________ examination of the body had failed to show these injuries.

The cause of death was first believed to have been exposure to cold. It was later discovered that the man _________ to injuries suffered in a fight.

The body is kept in a museum in Bolzano. The conditions there _____________ as closely as possible those where the body was found.