Scientists believe Otzi was an important person in his society. Examinations of his teeth and skull tell us that he was not a young man. His arms were not the arms of a laborer. The things he carried also tell us about who he was a valuable tool in Otzi's time and implies that he was a wealthy man. A fire-starting kit was discovered with him, so we know he could make fire. And the food he ate and carried enabled scientists to deduce exactly where in Italy he lived-a village down in the valley