Crime au Néolithique

19 septembre 1991, deux alpinistes viennent de découvrir un corps dépassant de la glace dans les Alpes de l'Ötztal. D’abord pris pour celui d’un alpiniste malchanceux, le corps s’avère être celui d’un homme mort il y a 5 300 ans. Mais qui était cet homme et comment est-il mort ?

Chapitres

00:00 Introduction

00:30 Un corps dans la glace

01:54 5 000 ans

02:37 Un homme des montagnes

05:15 Un meurtre

07:05 Les incohérences

09:21 La reconstitution

12:21 L’amadouvier

13:41 Fomitopsis betulina

15:52 Une santé fragile

18:13 Conclusion

18:41 Outro

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