The “Well-man” likely had blue eyes, blond or light-brown hair, and hailed from southern Norway.

They were able to extract DNA from a single premolar tooth taken from the mandible. The tooth’s cementum and enamel were removed, the tooth was ground into powder, and the sample was zapped with UV radiation to ensure it wasn’t contaminated. To determine ancestry, the team compared the Well-man’s DNA to a database of more than 6,000 modern-day Norwegians.