Sorry Whereu, 24 hours in a day often seems to be not quite enough. Here is something you & Wafflehead may find of interest seeing that neither of you place any credibility in the Scriptures.
THE “Iceman,” as he was immediately named, or Homo tyrolensis, as scientists call him, was found by chance in September 1991 by a German couple hiking on Mount Similaun (in the Ötztaler Alps), on the Austria-Italy border. The particularly hot summer that year had melted most of the snow, bringing to light remains that would otherwise have lain hidden—for who knows how long? After investigators resolved some initial uncertainty about the find, the body was crudely hacked out of the ice, suffering damage in the course of the extraction. It soon became clear, however, that it was not an ordinary corpse. Near the body lay several objects that were very different from those normally used by modern hikers who venture to such altitudes.
Some realized that the corpse was very old. After the first tests, Konrad Spindler, of Innsbruck University, Austria, made a surprising statement—that the mummified body found on Mount Similaun was some thousands of years old! Further analysis and research on the site led scholars to conclude that the corpse they were examining was “by far the most ancient human being ever found virtually intact.” (Time, October 26, 1992) Archaeologists believe that the Iceman, nicknamed Ötzi (from Ötztal, the German name of a nearby valley), died about 3000 B.C.E.
Adam died not long before then at 930 years of age. Otzi would be pre flood if their guesstimate is approximate. Of course you would also be aware any claims of older mankind are based on unprovable foundations.
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