Iceman Found in Italy Didn't Wander Far

AP-Science ^ | 2003-10-30 | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID

[Old Professer]

"Wisdom" teeth?

[Junior]

I was replying to this posting of yours:

The problem with the isotope thing is that they have to ASSUME that the isotopes in the area were exactly the same as they were 5000 years ago.

The isotopic composition of the soil is not going to change too dramatically in 5k years. There might be small fluctuations, but they'll be within a margin of error. What really clues you in that they've found the guy's birthplace is that they've found an almost perfect match for the isotopes within walking distance of the iceman's final resting place. If this is not where he came from, the soil would have had to have been A)switched out completely with the area from which he did originate or B)somehow, out of millions of possible outcomes, assumed the composition of the soil from the area from which this fellow came.

Since B is patently unlikely, the only other option would be for someone, on a whim, to truck in several hundred billion tons of dirt to confuse the issue.

Hence, my reply to you.

[Larry Lucido]

"Of course not, he was dead and frozen. How far could he go."

LOL! Best reply yet!

[sit-rep]

Indeed, the iceman, known as Oetzi, probably spent his whole life within about 37 miles of the spot near the Italy-Austria border where he was found frozen, according to the team led by Wolfgang Mueller of the Australian National University in Canberra.

Ummmm...37 miles is a pretty good distance when you do not have a car... Boy these proffessors are smart.

[cavtrooper21]

And have you seen the hills in that area...
Most of those 37 miles would have been strait up (almost) or down...

[DannyTN]

"I myself have a few baby teeth in my jaw."

Ok, now that's just wierd. Remind me to never let any of my decendants marry into your family.

I liked the other explanations about adult teeth already forming from 3-5 better. Although it bothers me that your nick is Dentist.

[Tijeras_Slim]

"Iceman Found in Italy Didn't Wander Far"

Not with the price of gas in europe being what it is. Another casualty of the Kyoto mindset.

[Junior]

It's a rough transcription of the 60km the researchers probably told the reporter. Otherwise, most folks would have rounded it to 35 or 40 miles.

[Western Phil]

Ummmm...37 miles...

37 miles = 50 km. This was a metric guy.

[MineralMan]

"Wouldn't this guy's baby teeth have fallen out about 6. So how can they tell from his teeth, what he was drinking from 3 to 5?"

Your secondary teeth are there, as tooth buds, at that age. They just don't start emerging 'til about age 7 or so.

[MineralMan]

"I'm sorry but the odd wording of this sentence makes me wonder what sort of "activities" he might have been engaged in that would lead to traces in his intestines."

Eating and drinking. If you find evidence of berries in the diet, then an activity would have been gathering berries. If you found evidence of the meat of birds, then you could assume some other activity.

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[gcruse]

I suppose someone could have trucked in several hundred billion tons of dirt to confuse the issue.

God, I love good sarcasm.     Bon!

[Consort]

This was a metric guy.

Maybe he was one of those metricsexual guys.

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[Starrgaizr]

I wonder what they'll conclude if they find Bill & Hillary in 5,000 years.

[Major_Risktaker]

They found Jimmy Hoffa on Ice?

[norton]

"Wouldn't this guy's baby teeth have fallen out about 6. So how can they tell from his teeth, what he was drinking from 3 to 5?"

You are correct, fortunately, his mother kept the teeth and a hank of baby hair and donated them to the researchers.

[DannyTN]

You think she kept bronze shoes from the bronze age?