Mummified Baboons in British Museum May Reveal Location of the Land of Punt

The Heritage Key ^ | Monday, April 12, 2010 | Owen Jarus

[SunkenCiv]

To solve the mystery of where Punt was, a team of scientists is turning to two mummified baboons in the British Museum... One was found at Thebes and the other in the Valley of the Kings. The team is conducting oxygen isotope tests on the preserved hairs of the baboons. Oxygen isotopes act as a 'signal' that can tell scientists where an animal is from... To aid in narrowing down the location of Punt the team is also performing oxygen isotope tests on samples of modern day baboons from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, Uganda and Mozambique. If the oxygen isotope signatures of these baboons match their ancient counterparts the team will know where Punt was... the longer an animal stays in Egypt and consumes the local diet, the more its oxygen isotope value changes. There are only two baboon samples available to the team. If they were both kept as pets in Egypt for a long period of time the scientists may not be able to get the data they need... Even if the team gets the data, successfully honing in on the precise origin of the animals could still be tricky. Baboons from areas that are close to each other tend to have similar oxygen isotope signatures making it a challenge to figure out exactly where they are from... The team will be using baboons from the Petrie Museum in University College London. While this work will tell archaeologists where the Ptolemies were getting their baboons, it isn't likely to reveal the location of Punt. "The New Kingdom expeditions to Punt had largely diminished by that point," said Dominy.

[SunkenCiv]

This is not a study, it's masturbation.

[SunkenCiv]

You won't have a laugh this long for a while. :') One of *those* topics.

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[SunkenCiv]

Oh, why not:

The Scars of Evolution:
What Our Bodies Tell Us
About Human Origins
by Elaine Morgan

"The most remarkable aspect of Todaro's discovery emerged when he examined Homo Sapiens for the 'baboon marker'. It was not there... Todaro drew one firm conclusion. 'The ancestors of man did not develop in a geographical area where they would have been in contact with the baboon. I would argue that the data we are presenting imply a non-African origin of man millions of years ago.'"

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

It’s the title of a punk rock tune.

[uglybiker]

Mummified baboons

In before the obligatory Helen Thomas pic.

[Snickering Hound]

Oh, land of Punt. Nevermind.

[Campion]

The Land of Punt is anywhere outside the opponent's 45 yard line.

(What do I win?)

[colorado tanker]

This punter is having a good day in the Land of Punt.

[SunkenCiv]

Tickets to the first Super Bowl in which the Detroit Lions play.

[SunkenCiv]

They’re laughing because the Punt ship has hit the fan.

[Hot Tabasco]

To solve the mystery of where Punt was

It's located at Ford field in Detroit, the home of the Detroit Lions.........

[SunkenCiv]

Okay, you’ve stumped me.

[SunkenCiv]

The new stadium’s address should be “Three and Out”.

[AndrewC]

Ok, so PZ Myers and Ricky Dawkins are set to spill the beans. What’s the big deal?

[SunkenCiv]

This topic was posted 04/14/2010, just an update of sorts.

The answer's still no. Relevant topics from the Punt keyword, sorted:

• Baboon mummy DNA from ancient Egypt reveals location of mysterious port city not on any maps
  (Adulis in Eritrea)
  November 20, 2023 | Stephanie Pappas | LiveScience

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• DNA Captured From 2,500-Year-Old Phoenician [05/28/2016]
• The Voyage of Hanno [The Periplus of Hanno] [02/15/2015]
• Did Ancient Drifters 'Discover' British Columbia? [04/25/2012]
• Egypt's Lost Fleet -- It's Been Found [08/02/2011]
• Mummified Baboons in British Museum May Reveal Location of the Land of Punt [04/15/2010]
• Solomon & Sheba, Inc. -- New inscription confirms trade relations between "towns of Judah" and... [01/24/2010]
• Sailing into antiquity: BU archeologist unearths clues about ancient Egypt's sea trade [01/14/2010]
• Somalia's Breakaway Puntland Region Nabs 24 Suspected Pirates [05/18/2009]
• Sail Like An Egyptian [03/10/2009]
• Coils Of Ancient Egyptian Rope Found In Cave [06/20/2008]
• Egypt uncovers 'missing' pyramid of a pharaoh (Menkauhor, obscure ruler over 4000 years ago) [06/05/2008]
• Oldest Maritime Artefacts Found (Egypt) [01/29/2007]
• Sailing To Punt [02/17/2006]
• Archeologists Find Ancient Ship Remains (cargo carriers between Pharaonic Egypt and Punt) [01/27/2006]
• Archaeologist Discovers Ancient Ships In Egypt [03/18/2005]
• The Voyage around the Erythraean Sea [09/12/2004]
• Herodotus' History [09/09/2004]
• Who really discovered America? (Evidence that the Jews did!) [04/13/2004]
• The History of Herodotus [09/22/2003]
• Who Really Discovered America? [07/14/2002]

Also, one of *those* topics.

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