The mummy was without a doubt an adult male. Judging from his bone structure, he was around 45 years old. During his lifetime he was around 1.60 m tall – about the average height of the Neolithic population. He was slim with little subcutaneous fatty tissue and probably weighed about 50 kg.
His hair, which all fell out during the mummification process, was dark and wavy. He wore it at least at shoulder length and probably loose. Besides strands of human head hair, shorter, curly hairs were also found at the site, indicating that in all probability the Iceman had a beard.
The eyeballs, though dried out, remained in the sockets, clearly showing that the Iceman had blue eyes.
The soft tissues of the face were deformed by the ice. Several experts have meanwhile attempted to reconstruct the Iceman’s facial features. The results, however, have not been consistent.