Question

scientific detective work
scientists gave the mummy the nickname \ötzi\ (urt - see) because of where he had been found. they sent a tiny piece of ötzis hipbone to a lab in england. they used a special method to determine his age. they found ötzi was about 5,300 years old! he had lived during the stone age, when people still used stone tools to hunt.
small details around ötzi help tell a story about his life and times. powdery bits of pollen and scraps of plants found near his mummy revealed that ötzi had lived in what is now northern italy. today, ötzi lies in a special freezer in italy.
what is the gist of the part of the passage in the box?
after studying ötzis bone and the found near him, scientists where and when he pieces of nature other mummies

Explanation:

The passage describes how scientists determined Ötzi's age (about 5,300 years old, living in the Stone Age) from his hipbone and learned where he lived (now northern Italy) from pollen and plant scraps near his mummy.

Answer:

After studying Ötzi’s bone and the pieces of nature found near him, scientists learned where and when he lived.