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  • Mummified baboons shine new light on the lost land of Punt

    From reader@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 15 13:21:56 2020
    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/dc-mbs121420.php

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  • From SolomonW@21:1/5 to reader on Sun Dec 20 09:28:48 2020
    On 15 Dec 2020 13:21:56 GMT, reader wrote:

    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/dc-mbs121420.php

    It is not so new, but interesting

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  • From Oh so rich & successful JTEM@21:1/5 to SolomonW on Sun Dec 20 13:19:39 2020
    SolomonW wrote:
    It is not so new, but interesting

    It's sort of like they're using the conventional work to prove
    the DNA, then claim that the DNA proves the conventional
    work.

    It's interesting in regards to the questions they don't answer.

    Hatshepsut, for instance, boasted of sending an expedition to Punt.
    But if there was trade then why would she even have to?

    And when exactly do we start seeing worship of the baboon?

    What's the oldest baboon remains they can find in Egypt, how does
    this DNA fit in?

    My biggest concern is that modern distribution does not match
    ancient populations. That, humans drove them extinct in some
    places and, by collecting & trading in them, introduced them to
    new areas. Or swamped local gene pools with imported members.





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  • From SolomonW@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 21 17:55:39 2020
    On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 13:19:39 -0800 (PST), Oh so rich & successful JTEM
    wrote:

    Hatshepsut, for instance, boasted of sending an expedition to Punt.
    But if there was trade then why would she even have to?


    The Europeans sent explorers into Africa while they were trading there.
    Often they followed the trade routes.

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  • From reader@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 21 16:02:26 2020
    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/dc-mbs121420.php

    It is not so new, but interesting

    Yes, the new part is using dna tracing to narrow down its location.

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  • From Oh so rich & successful JTEM@21:1/5 to reader on Thu Dec 24 12:13:48 2020
    reader wrote:

    Yes, the new part is using dna tracing to narrow down its location.

    "As we can see, now comes with a map in addition to it's clock."




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