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And if you're wondering why I say that it's because Otzi's bow was apparently all heartwood, whereas the medieval ones took advantage of the tensile differences between sapwood and heartwood. Otzi's bow would not have had the power that a medieval longbow had.

I read that it was a 60 pound bow, suitable for bringing down ibex, thats a pretty powerful bow isn't it?

have controlled tests been run on accurate replicas of the Oetzi bow, please?