He has been waiting, in one way or another, for five thousand years.

He is in no hurry.

The Researchers Who Made It Possible

No account of the Ötzi genome reanalysis would be complete without acknowledging the team that produced it — because the 2023 paper represents not just a scientific finding but a sustained program of collaborative research that has become one of the most productive in the history of ancient DNA work.

Johannes Krause, one of the lead researchers on the 2023 analysis, has been one of the most important figures in ancient genomics over the past decade.