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| 4/26/26 |  Episode 127: Don Verdean (2015) w/ Dr. Andrew Kinkella | Today we’re reviewing Don Verdean (2015), the story of a washed-up Biblical archaeologist who, under pressure from his financial backers, begins to fake his discoveries. This movie is rife with pseudoarchaeological references, so we’ve invited Dr. Andrew Kinkella back to help us break it down. As a bonus, he uses his film degree to explain why, despite being hilarious, this movie is actually terrible. Dr. Andrew Kinkella’s links: Kinkella Teaches Archaeology: https://www.youtube.com/@KinkellaTeachesArchaeology The Pseudo-Archaeology Podcast: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/pseudo CRM Archaeology Podcast: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/crmarchpodcast Get in touch with us! Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this episode: The Frontonasal Suture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontonasal_suture Is carbon dating fake? Pseudo-Archaeology 180: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/pseudo/180 Ark of the Covenant in Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady_Mary_of_Zion#Ark_of_the_Covenant The Oak Island Mystery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island_mystery The Kensington Runestone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Runestone Moundbuilder Myths and Viking Runestones – Great Plains Archaeology Podcast 36: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/great-plains-archaeology/36 Holy Grail in America (2009): https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/223652-holy-grail-in-america Is There Archaeological Evidence That The Knights Templar Came To America? Mysteries Unearthed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpbBxUrq230 Genesis 19: Sodom and Gomorroah Destroyed: https://www.bible.com/bible/111/GEN.19.NIV 1 Samuel 17: David and Goliath: https://www.bible.com/bible/111/1SA.17.NIV Surovell et al. (2026) A mid-Holocene age for Monte Verde challenges the timeline of human colonization of South America: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adw9217 Dog digs up possible link to notorious 19th-century Devon murder case: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/20/dog-19th-century-devon-murder-case-discovery Under the Banner of Heaven (2022): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1998372/ Johnny Jerusalem’s sarcophagus in a Utah dump: https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/8lclrc/friend_found_this_in_a_dump_yardin_utah_btw/ | — | ||||||
| 4/12/26 | Episode 126: Luggage of the Gods (1983) | Luggage of the Gods (1983) is the surprisingly unproblematic story of a relict tribe of cave people living in the uncharted central part of America who are thrust into contact with the outside world when an airliner is forced to dump its passengers’ luggage while flying overhead. This is a low budget ‘80s caveman movie, so you know what that means: we’re playing Caveman Movie Bingo! Get in touch with us! Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this episode: Watch Luggage of the Gods (1983) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqujHn8_u8M Play Caveman Movie Bingo: https://bingobaker.com/#681e1d01d32b436e Oryctolagus cuniculus, the domestic rabbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_rabbit Piebald: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piebald Vic Reeves singing in the style of a club singer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2prE-DUyESY Urki from Far Cry: Primal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HkrLuV6_Rs The Gods Must be Crazy (1980): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080801/ Cargo Cults: https://www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/cargo-cults QAnon as a New Religious Movement: https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/what-the-study-of-new-religious-movements-can-tell-us-about-qanon/ | — | ||||||
| 3/29/26 | Episode 125: Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) | Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) is a surreal documentary by Werner Hertzog offering viewers an unprecedented glimpse of Europe’s oldest Palaeolithic art inside France’s Chauvet Cave. As we step into the cave, we cross a threshold between present and past, waking and dreaming, fact and truth... sanity and insanity... A place where juggling archaeologists dream of lions, perfumers find caves by smell, and nuclear crocodiles draw closer every year. Get in touch with us! Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this episode: Watch Cave of Forgotten Dreams: https://watchdocumentaries.com/cave-of-forgotten-dreams/ Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09968-y Oldest cave art found in Sulawesi: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd4648 The timing and spatiotemporal patterning of Neanderthal disappearance: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13621 Neanderthal hashtag: https://theconversation.com/is-that-rock-hashtag-really-the-first-evidence-of-neanderthal-art-31238 Mask of La Roche Cotard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask_of_la_Roche-Cotard Majkić et al. (2017) Sequential Incisions on a Cave Bear Bone from the Middle Paleolithic of Pešturina Cave, Serbia: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-017-9331-5 Life Drawing and the Chauvet Lions: https://doi.org/10.4000/palethnologie.2677 The Crocodile Farm: https://www.lafermeauxcrocodiles.com/ Viminacium Archaeological Park: http://viminacium.org.rs/en/ Our review of The Lost City (2022): https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-64-the-lost-city-2022/ Kathy Reichs’ Temperance Brennan Series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/43556-temperance-brennan Hertzog explains “ecstatic truth” vs. “accountant’s truth”: https://www.indiewire.com/news/general/werner-herzog-fesses-up-to-the-fake-mutated-albino-crocodiles-in-cave-of-forgotten-dreams-118193/ Azéma and Rivère (2012) Animation in Paleolithic Art: https://doi.org/10.4000/palethnologie.2094 Neanderthal perfume: https://neandertal.eu/ | — | ||||||
| 3/15/26 | Episode 124: Stone Age Advertising (Part 2) | We’re back with more caveman TV commercials! From deodorant to veganism to car insurance, it seems like prehistoric people have been exploited to sell everything. All this commercialism seems to be getting to us and this episode kinda devolves into an anti-capitalist rant. So go plant a garden, buy local, and eat the rich! (This is Part Two of a two-part episode) Get in touch with us! Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this episode: Watch our Caveman Advertisements playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzOAyef3Dypl9g6GIFBv1_oLylmjpsku&si=ZNJvJD74X2jc-IYS The Invention of Prehistory (2023) by Stefanos Geroulanos: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324091455 Vanished (2025) by Sadiah Qureshi: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309254/vanished-by-qureshi-sadiah/9780241352106 Electric Pow Wow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpkUISUx3Low Erich von Däniken dead at 90: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/obituaries/erich-von-daniken-dead.html The Fortean Times: https://subscribe.forteantimes.com/ How to transition to reduced-meat diets: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137208 Brassica flavour and genetics: https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2017.1353478 James Van Der Beek's Widow Kimberly and Their 6 Kids Are 'Out of Funds' After His Death, 'Facing Uncertain Future': https://people.com/james-van-der-beeks-widow-and-their-6-kids-are-out-of-funds-after-his-death-11904875 | — | ||||||
| 3/1/26 | Episode 123: Stone Age Advertising (Part 1) | Today we’re exploring the crazy world of marketing – caveman style! We’re reviewing a compilation of television commercials featuring prehistoric people. McDonald’s, Budweiser, Doritos—if it’s modern and convenient, you can bet a caveman has tried to sell it. Why? I’m not sure, but I’m kinda craving some cheese products for some reason. (This is Part One of a two-part episode) Get in touch with us! Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this episode: Watch our Caveman Advertisements playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzOAyef3Dypl9g6GIFBv1_oLylmjpsku&si=ZNJvJD74X2jc-IYS Font-de-Gaume: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font-de-Gaume Cotte de St. Brelade “mammoth drive”: https://eameigs.substack.com/p/revisiting-the-jersey-mammoth-drive Zdeněk Burian Palaeoart: https://www.proistoria.org/paleolithic/upper-paleolithic/upper-paleolithic-by-zdenek-burian/ The Invention of Prehistory (2023) by Stefanos Geroulanos: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324091455 Interbreeding between archaic and modern humans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interbreeding_between_archaic_and_modern_humans Canadian dairy farmers react to changing market trends: https://canadiangrocer.com/dairy-farmers-pulls-print-ad-following-complaints | — | ||||||
| 2/15/26 | Episode 122: Boonie Bears: Blast into the Past (2019) | Today we’re exploring the world of the Boonie Bears, China’s biggest animation brand. In the sixth feature film, the bears Blast into the Past—30 thousand years, to be exact, to a time when dinosaur skeletons dotted the landscape and humans were at war with wolves... and giants pandas took their name literally, and rainbow terror birds defied the physics of flight, and cavemen punched lava bombs out of the air with their bare hands! Get in touch with us! Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this episode: Watch Boonie Bears: Blast into the Past on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vwcaf6aj90 Eucladoceros (the bush-antlered deer): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucladoceros Homotherium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homotherium Megacerops... or Brontops, or Brontotherium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacerops Phorusracids (terror birds): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorusrhacidae Kumar et al. (2017) The evolutionary history of bears is characterized by gene flow across species: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep46487 Wu et al. (2022) High-precision U-series dating of the late Pleistocene – early Holocene rock paintings at Tiger Leaping Gorge, Jinsha River valley, southwestern China: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105535 Fu et al. (2025) Denisovan mitochondrial DNA from dental calculus of the >146,000-year-old Harbin cranium: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.05.040 Callaway (2021) Oldest DNA from a Homo sapiens reveals surprisingly recent Neanderthal ancestry: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00916-0 | — | ||||||
| 2/1/26 | Episode 121: Cavegirl (1985) | Today we’re reviewing Cavegirl (1985), a movie which Wikipedia misleadingly describes as a “sex comedy”. It tells the story of a teenage nerd (i.e., incel) who is accidentally thrown back in time due to some magic crystal/military helicopter shenanigans and meets a charming manic pixie cavegirl who nonetheless fails to instill in him any growth or character development whatsoever. Get in touch with us! Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this episode: Watch Cavegirl (1985) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3PZdKCzFDc Watch Cavegirl: A Second Journey Back in Time (2013): https://vimeo.com/193203934 Play Caveman Movie Bingo: https://bingobaker.com#681e1d01d32b436e Altamira cave paintings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_Altamira Homo erectus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_erectus Shirley Temple – Animal Crackers in my Soup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNwFXLcrsbc What is a “dude ranch”? https://www.clazyu.com/blog/working-dude-ranch/what-is-a-dude-ranch-a-brief-history/ Stacy Q – Two of Hearts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBdGT4dn4E Michelle Bauer in Dinosaur Island (1994): https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000292/mediaviewer/rm3165827072/?ref_=nm_ov_ph | — | ||||||
| 1/18/26 | Episode 120: Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974) | Today we’re reviewing Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974), a children’s TV series about a Neanderthal family from Hanna-Barbera, creators of The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, and more. Unlike those series, however, this one is live-action! Who knew? Anyway, we talk about a lot of academic papers about Neanderthals, because nothing happens in the episode we watched. Get in touch with us! Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this episode: Watch Korg on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/korg-70-000-bc-s-1ep-01-the-blind-hunter-1974-low-480x-360/Korg+70%2C000+BC+-+S1ep01The+Blind+Hunter1974+%5BLow%2C+480x360%5D.mp4 Cave lions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_spelaea Caspian tigers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_tiger Paleoloxodon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeoloxodon Phylogenetic trees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylogenetic_tree California woodpeckers: https://avibirds.com/woodpeckers-of-california/ UK woodpeckers: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife/how-identify/identify-uk-woodpeckers Shanidar 1: https://www.sci.news/othersciences/anthropology/paleoanthropology/shanidar-1-neanderthal-05355.html Trinkaus et al. (2019) External auditory exostoses among western Eurasian late Middle and Late Pleistocene humans: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220464 Buzi et al. (2025) The first preserved nasal cavity in the human fossil record: The Neanderthal from Altamura: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2426309122 Márquez (2008) The paranasal sinuses: The last frontier in craniofacial biology: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.20791 The Invention of Prehistory (2024) by Stefanos Geroulanos: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324091455 | — | ||||||
| 1/4/26 | Episode 119: The Rap Guide to Evolution (2009) | To kick off the New Year, we’re reviewing The Rap Guide to Evolution, a music album by Baba Brinkman which is... pretty self-explanatory, really. So here’s an hour and 15 minutes of us explaining it! We get into evolutionary psychology, 2000s-era edgelord atheism, postmodernism, genital evolution, and much more! Get in touch with us! Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this Episode: Watch The Rap Guide to Evolution on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROgR3nK6ayk&list=PLuHbMGCLLUYZ0pq_mN093hqzn_28SvpVS Ambulocetus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambulocetus Gol’din and Radović (2018) A Middle Miocene baleen whale from Bele Vode in Belgrade, Serbia: https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/9751 Marković et al. (2025) First dinosaur remains from Serbia: Sauropod and theropod material from the uppermost Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Osmakovo: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106177 Recapitulation theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recapitulation_theory Out of Africa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Africa Jebel Irhoud: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22335 Apidima: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1376-z Social constructivism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructivism Tim Minchin - Storm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U Science communication and science denial: https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/busting-myths-a-practical-guide-to-countering-science-denial/ Grizzly bear attacks school children in Canada: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz68x1n5qd6o Evolutionary Psychology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_psychology Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo Pig domestication: https://www.thoughtco.com/the-domestication-of-pigs-170665 Ape testicle size: https://theconversation.com/why-did-humans-evolve-big-penises-but-small-testicles-71652 James Watson dead at 97: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/watson-james-obituary-9.6971457 | — | ||||||
| 12/21/25 | Episode 118: Cavemen S01E09 Caveman Holiday (2007) | Happy Longnight! Today is the December Solstice, and to celebrate we’re reviewing a very special holiday episode of 2007 sitcom Cavemen, based on the popular Geico insurance commercials. Everyone is invited, whether we like them or not, so grab a slice of forager’s pie and a glass of Beef Fizz and settle in to listen to your favourite palaeo researchers trying to explain basic astronomy. To the cow! Get in touch with us! Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this Episode: Watch Cavemen S01E09 Caveman Holiday on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqtbPiIMQ2g&list=PL81C5835E560AE6BE&index=26 Listen to our review of Cavemen S01E01: https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-78-cavemen-s01e01-her-embarrassed-of-caveman-2007/ Neanderthal diet: https://www.sapiens.org/biology/neanderthal-diet/ Weyrich et al. (2017). Neanderthal behaviour, diet, and disease inferred from ancient DNA in dental calculus: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature21674 Richards and Trinkaus (2009). Isotopic evidence for the diets of European Neanderthals and early modern humans: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0903821106 Beasley et al. (2025). Neanderthals, hypercarnivores, and maggots: Insights from stable nitrogen isotopes: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adt7466 Fellows Yates et al. (2021). The evolution and changing ecology of the African hominid oral microbiome: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2021655118 Adler et al. (2017). Evolution of the Oral Microbiome and Dental Caries: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40496-017-0151-1 Phytoliths: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytolith Chinique de Armas et al. (2015). Starch analysis and isotopic evidence of consumption of cultigens among fisher–gatherers in Cuba: the archaeological site of Canímar Abajo, Matanzas: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.03.003 Solstice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solstice Analemma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analemma Crazy Ancient Greek planet math: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferent_and_epicycle The Antikythera Mechanism – Pseudoarchaeology Podcast: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/pseudo/96 Beef fizz: https://vinepair.com/articles/beef-fizz-drink-history/ | — | ||||||
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| 12/7/25 | Episode 117: Teenage Cave Man (1958) | Today we’re reviewing the paradoxically and yet aptly named Teenage Cave Man (1958), the story of a 30-something teenage rebel who dares to break the rules and explore beyond his Stone Age tribe’s borders – and discovers a shocking twist!! In this episode we talk about [REDACTED: SPOILERS], [REDACTED: SPOILERS], and how much Josh hates Game of Thrones. Get in touch with us! Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this Episode: Watch Teenage Cave Man (1958) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0lRWQfQx0c Watch Teenage Cave Man (1958) on MST3K: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XG0zAjYMvE The mutant wolves of Chernobyl: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a46799706/mutant-wolves-of-chernobyl/ One Million B.C. (1940) lizard fight (TW: animal cruelty): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utmDH1iwTpw Game of Thrones Ikea rug fur capes: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/08/166757/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-fur-secret-ikea-rugs Game of Thrones Starbucks cup: https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/2019/05/232192/game-of-thrones-starbucks-coffee-cup-memes-season-8 The Man from UNCLE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM5gbwUrIgw Long-term nuclear waste warning messages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages 99 Percent Invisible: Ten Thousand Years: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/ten-thousand-years/ The Twilight Zone – The Old Man in the Cave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Man_in_the_Cave Pidgins, creoles, and the language instinct: https://www.discovermagazine.com/kids-creoles-and-the-coconuts-40017 Genie the feral child: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/14/genie-feral-child-los-angeles-researchers Critical period hypothesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_period_hypothesis Atkinson (2011) Phonemic Diversity Supports a Serial Founder Effect Model of Language Expansion from Africa: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1199295 | — | ||||||
| 11/23/25 | Episode 116: Prey (2022) with Dr. Carlton Shield Chief Gover | This week, by popular request, we are reviewing Prey (2022), a prequel to the Predator franchise in which the eponymous alien hunter meets his match on the American Great Plains of 1719. We’re joined by archaeologist Dr. Carlton Shield Chief Gover, who helps us navigate the movie’s medicinal plants, upside-down archery draws, and inadvisable sharpening techniques, and reminds us why we should never whistle at night. Listen to the Great Plains Archaeology Podcast on APN: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/great-plains-archaeology Get in touch with us! Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this episode: Fatal cougar attacks in North America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_cougar_attacks_in_North_America Cougar stalks hiker – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pg2CDCm34w Cougars in Boulder, Colorado, during Covid lockdown: https://www.dailycamera.com/2020/04/18/mountain-lions-sighted-during-snowy-week-for-boulder/ Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie by Kelly Kindscher: https://prairieedge.com/all-products/medicinal-wild-plants-of-the-prairie-an-ethnobotanical-guide-book/ Breadroot/Biscuitroot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediomelum_esculentum Calendula: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendula Carolina dog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Dog No rats in Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/albertas-rat-control-program Native American Gender Roles: https://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.gen.026.html Chert and Flint: https://www.britannica.com/science/chert Knife River Flint: https://albertashistoricplaces.com/2019/07/24/knife-river-flint-quarries-and-the-alberta-connection/ Archery bow draws: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_draw Devin Pettigrew and Justin Garnett: https://basketmakeratlatl.com/ Comanche bow and arrow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G1Vo9GV2H8 Taylor et al. (2023) Early dispersal of domestic horses into the Great Plains and northern Rockies: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adc9691 Pia Mupitzi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comanche#Children Legends of the Northern Lights: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/legends-of-the-northern-lights/ Never Alone: https://store.steampowered.com/app/295790/Never_Alone_Kisima_Ingitchuna/ Playlist of songs featuring Cougar/Jaguar screams: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzOAyef3DyqWudpeqU1BckUBAotcsuCP | — | ||||||
| 11/9/25 | Episode 115: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) with Joe Wood | We’ve dug too far! We overshot the Stone Age and hit the Dinosaur Age again! Today we’re joined by palaeontologist Joe Wood to review The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), the second movie in the Jurassic franchise (and the last good one). We talk about lumpers, splitters, slappers, clappers, and everything you ever wanted to know about our fine feathered friends. Joe’s links: An Hour of Our Time podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/an-hour-of-our-time/id1357779625 and https://open.spotify.com/show/0Mc5nXRa8XEn1UJJvhySXY?si=5EtqTooBRCqW4ccaNYoRnw The Shifting Realms Dungeons and Dragons actual play: https://youtube.com/@quasirealpublishing?si=XakeSxGg8CrFO_Xa Get in touch with us! Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this episode: List of Dinosaurs Compsognathus (“Compies”): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compsognathus Sinosauropteryx (preserved feathers!): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinosauropteryx Stegosaurus (not tail-draggers!): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus Tyrannosaurus (Ty-what? Never heard of it): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus Edmontosaurus (Cretaceous cows): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmontosaurus Pachycephalosaurus (boneheads): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachycephalosaurus Parasaurolophus (“The one with the pompadour! Elvis!”): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasaurolophus Mamenchisaurus (OK, that neck is actually too long): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamenchisaurus Pinacosaurus (the one with the syrinx): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinacosaurus Velociraptor (slapper vs. clapper): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor Citipati (Big Mama): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citipati Palaeontologists David Hone: https://www.davehone.co.uk/ Robert Bakker: https://jurassicpark.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_Bakker Jack Horner: https://jurassicpark.fandom.com/wiki/Jack_Horner Books Michael Crichton – Dragon Teeth: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31287693-dragon-teeth Mark Jaffe – The Gilded Dinosaur: https://archive.org/details/gildeddinosaur00mark Edward Dolnick – Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199798305-dinosaurs-at-the-dinner-party Other talking points Holotype: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holotype Huxley proposed that birds evolved from dinosaurs: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/thomas-henry-huxley-and-the-dinobirds-88519294/ The Huxley-Wilberforce Debate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_Oxford_evolution_debate Which dinosaurs had feathers? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feathered_dinosaur Phylogenetic bracketing: https://fossil.fandom.com/wiki/Phylogenetic_bracketing Dinosaur syrinx: https://www.livescience.com/extremely-rare-fossilized-dinosaur-voice-box-suggests-they-sounded-birdlike Crocodile heart shunt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrfrtGzazKI Stegosaurus gular armour: https://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/gular-armour/ Lumpers vs splitters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumpers_and_splitters Enchodus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchodus Ben Shapiro doesn’t understand lions (Behind the Bastards podcast): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdm6bFMoqh4 Do palaeontologists really call it a “thagomizer”? https://www.reddit.com/r/Dinosaurs/comments/1axr07u/the_thagomizer/ Terrible Lizards podcast: https://terriblelizards.libsyn.com/ | — | ||||||
| 10/26/25 | Episode 114: The Lost Tribe (2009) | We’re continuing spooky month with a movie that’s as confused about theology as it is about evolution: The Lost Tribe (2009) tells the story of some insufferable tech bros and their girlfriends who stumble into the middle of a Catholic conspiracy to cover-up undeniable proof of human evolution, in the form of a bloodthirsty tribe of “primevil” hominins! Get in touch with us: Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this episode: Watch The Lost Tribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaOfWV72vmM Saltation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltation_(biology) Richard Klein (2000) The Archaeology of Human Behaviour: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(2000)9:1%3C17::AID-EVAN3%3E3.0.CO;2-A Darwin and the Church: https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/commentary/religion/darwin-and-church Colour vision in animals: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/colors-animals-see Sagittal crest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittal_crest Nails and claws in primate evolution: https://doi.org/10.1006/jhev.1998.0263 Homo floresiensis and island dwarfism: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-22166736 Ebu gogo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebu_gogo Gamer dent: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gamer-dent Piltdown Man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man Genus Gansus: https://dinopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Gansus Baháʼí Faith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively, and It Ends With Us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Ends_with_Us_controversy “The Implication” (IASIP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgUvwcU6P7I | — | ||||||
| 10/12/25 | Episode 113: Legend of the Bog (2009) | It’s October, and as is tradition, we’re reviewing scary Halloween movies this month! First up is Legend of the Bog (2009), a movie with just enough Vinnie Jones in it to justify putting him on the cover. You’ve seen mummies; you’ve seen zombies; but what about a resurrected Iron Age bog body? Plus: a special guest appearance from a Sp0okY Gh0st! Get in touch with us: Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this episode: List of Bog Bodies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bog_bodies Our episode on Neander-Jin (2011): https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-25-neander-jin-2011/ Forensic archaeology: https://icmp.int/what-we-do/science-and-technology/forensic-archaeology-and-anthropology/ Tollund Man’s last meal: https://foodstudies.org/celebrating-the-bog-mans-last-meal/ How to use an optical level in archaeology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ7DFdF3lVs Archaeology of the undead: https://archive.archaeology.org/online/interviews/zombies/ Speculative Vampire metabolism: https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/vampire-science-how-much-blood-would-a-vampire-need-to-drink Peat fires: https://natural-resources.canada.ca/forest-forestry/wildland-fires/peatland-fires-carbon-emissions Bog roads – The Corlea Trackway: https://allaroundireland.ie/corlea-bog-road/ | — | ||||||
| 9/28/25 | Episode 112: Phineas and Ferb (2007-) | Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher are precocious STEM-minded stepbrothers trying to make the most of their 104 days of summer vacation. Today we’re reviewing five episodes of this popular Disney Channel series, featuring Egyptian movie mummies, dinosaur time-travel capers, cartoon cave people, and a “corn colossus”, whatever that means. Get in touch with us: Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this episode: Play Caveman Movie Bingo with us! https://bingobaker.com/#681e1d01d32b436e The University of Alberta’s Egyptian mummy: https://calgary.thessea.org/ct-scans-uofas-egyptian-mummy/ Geological Ages: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/geology/time-scale.htm The Palaeolithic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic The African Stone Age: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_archaeology The history of Mirrors: https://longreads.com/2019/07/11/the-ugly-history-of-beautiful-things-mirrors/ Our episode on Timeline (2003): https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-56-timeline-2003/ Our episode on Futurama: https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-8-futurama/ Our episode on Iceman (1984): https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-3-iceman-1984/ Our episode on the other Iceman (2017): https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-4-iceman-2017/ Our episode on Year One (2009): https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-12-year-one-2009/ Our episode on Clan of the Cave Bear (1986): https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-6-the-clan-of-the-cave-bear-1986/ Our episode on Ironmaster (1983): https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-58-ironmaster-1983/ Our episode on Caveman (1981) (the one with Ringo Starr): https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-20-caveman-1981/ Our episode on Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-52-indiana-jones-and-the-raiders-of-the-lost-ark-1981/ | — | ||||||
| 9/14/25 | Episode 111: The Armstrong and Miller Show – The Origins Of… | The Armstrong and Miller Show (2007-2010) was a very British sketch comedy show featuring a recurring cast of characters, including a group of cavemen navigating anachronistic scenarios. Join us today as we break down nine short sketches and learn The Origins Of several familiar modern concepts! Get in touch with us: Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com ArchPodNet: APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Merch Store: https://archpodnet.com/shop In this episode: The Origins Of playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b56eAUCTLok&list=PLHPcoj7GjvN2Ik5pUnP1eCZAEhkHljvLX Saharan Rock Art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saharan_rock_art Palaeolithic portable art: https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-portable-art-172101 All cavemen were Neanderthals: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AllCavemenWereNeanderthals Reticulation in evolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticulate_evolution Growing up in the Ice Age by April Nowell: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv13nb8xw How Neanderthal molar teeth grew: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05314 The “fateful hoaxing” of Margaret Mead: https://doi.org/10.1086/669033 Weird name spellings: https://medium.com/@marilyn_yung/dear-new-parents-complicate-your-childs-life-spell-their-name-weird-4eb22c77e2f6 Neanderthal cannibalism: https://magazine.libarts.colostate.edu/article/cannibalism-ritual-or-both-the-neanderthal-debate-continues-at-krapina-cave-in-croatia/ Upper Palaeolithic human sacrifice: https://www.livescience.com/1594-early-europeans-practiced-human-sacrifice.html Earliest evidence of alcohol: https://www.penn.museum/research/project.php?pid=12 Life expectancy in the past: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181002-how-long-did-ancient-people-live-life-span-versus-longevity Is that skeleton gay? https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2017/04/08/is-that-skeleton-gay-the-problem-with-projecting-modern-ideas-onto-the-past/ Sex assessment from Palaeolithic hand prints: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.01.028 White Sands footprints: https://www.nps.gov/whsa/learn/nature/fossilized-footprints.htm Population size of elephants: https://ourworldindata.org/elephant-populations Neanderthal Eagle Talon Pendant: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191101143959.htm Armin Meiwes on LPOTL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcGFjyMlTyo | — | ||||||
| 8/31/25 | Episode 110: Uncharted (2022) with Rachel McMullan | On this episode we’re joined by OG archaeology YouTuber Rachel McMullan of the channel Inside Archaeology to review Uncharted (2022), a movie that explores many diverse settings, none of which are uncharted. It’s a movie that defies physics, and logic, and sense, and yet somehow feels like a bland rehash of other movies we’ve covered. Inside Archaeology on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Inside_Archaeology Inside Archaeology on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inside.archaeology Get in touch with us: Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com In this episode: The Uncharted video game franchise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Uncharted_media The Magellan Expedition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan_expedition Francis Drake's circumnavigation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Drake%27s_circumnavigation Henry Avery/Every: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Every Uncharted (2018) fan film starring Nathan Fillion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5CZQpqF_74 The Nine-Dash Line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-dash_line El Born Centre of Culture and Memory: https://elbornculturaimemoria.barcelona.cat/en/visit/the-center/ Early World Maps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_world_maps Ancient Origins on Uncharted: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-general/uncharted-film-0016862 The San Jose shipwreck in Colombia: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgn18xl3j7o | — | ||||||
| 8/17/25 | Episode 109: King Arthur (2004) with Dr. Brian Buchanan | Today we’re joined by Dr. Brian Buchanan to review King Arthur (2004), a modern retelling of the ancient myth based on “recently discovered archaeological evidence,” allegedly. Brain leads us on a journey beyond Hadrian’s Wall and helps us tease apart this movie’s tangled mess of Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Picts, Sarmatians, and more. Follow Brian on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/archaeobuchanan.bsky.social Gefrin Trust: https://gefrintrust.org/ https://www.instagram.com/gefrintrust Get in touch with us: Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com In this episode: Historicity of King Arthur: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_King_Arthur “Anglo-Saxonism”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxonism_in_the_19th_century Sarmatians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarmatians Picts: https://www.digitscotland.com/who-were-the-picts/ Hadrian’s Wall: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hadrians-wall/hadrians-wall-history-and-stories/history/ Rome’s Ninth Legion: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-12752497 Battle of Badon Hill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Badon | — | ||||||
| 8/3/25 | Episode 108: The Dig (2021) with Rob Rownd | Today we’re joined by professor/filmmaker/archaeologist Rob Rownd to review The Dig (2021), a film which tells the (mostly) true story of the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon ship burial excavation of 1939. Find out why we love this movie so much, even though it makes some questionable decisions about the portrayal of real-life archaeologist Peggy Piggot. Check out Rob’s projects: Sisa: https://deadline.com/2025/01/hilda-koronel-jun-robles-lana-sisa-philippine-american-war-1236252344/ Cinemartyrs: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/support-film-fatales-fund-indie-film-cinemartyrs--2#/ Get in touch with us: Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com In this episode: Phillips (1940) The excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship burial: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581500009677 The True Story Behind the Dig: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffolk/sutton-hoo/digging-the-dirt-at-sutton-hoo-the-true-story-behind-the-dig The Misrepresentation of Peggy Piggot in “The Dig”: https://theheritagehut.wordpress.com/2021/03/23/the-misrepresentation-of-peggy-piggott-in-the-dig/ Stuart Piggot’s Poetry: https://stuart-piggott-poetry.com/stuart%20and%20peggy.html Artifacts from Sutton Hoo: https://digventures.com/2021/01/16-brilliant-discoveries-from-the-sutton-hoo-ship-burial/ Cornelius Holtorf (2007) Archaeology is a Brand! https://archive.org/details/archaeologyisbra00holt/mode/2up | — | ||||||
| 7/20/25 | Episode 107: Kon Tiki (2012) with Fredrik Trusohamn | Today we’ve invited Fredrik Trusohamn of Digging Up Ancient Aliens to help us review Kon Tiki (2012), the true story of Thor Heyerdahl and his adventure on the Pacific Ocean which proved that Polynesia was settled by explorers from Peru... or did it? In this episode we reveal the dark secrets that movie doesn’t want you to know, and identify what Kon Tiki, Ancient Aliens, and Atlantis all have in common (spoilers: it’s hyperdiffusionism!) Hear more from Fredrik: Digging Up Ancient Aliens: https://diggingupancientaliens.com/ DUAA on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@digging_up_ancient_alien Get in touch with us: Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Website: https://screensofthestoneage.com Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com In this episode: Watch Kon Tiki (2012) on Plex: https://watch.plex.tv/movie/kon-tiki-2012 Watch Kon Tiki (1950) (the documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvBYfba8nv8 Read The Kon Tiki Expedition (1950) by Thor Heyerdahl: https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.524366/ Read American Indians In The Pacific (1952) by Thor Heyerdahl: https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.505573/ Why do waves come in sets? https://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/why-do-waves-come-in-sets Victor Melander (2019) David’s Weapon of Mass Destruction: The Reception of Thor Heyerdahl’s ‘Kon-Tiki Theory’: https://archaeologybulletin.org/articles/10.5334/bha-612 Alexander Ioannidis et al. (2020) Native American gene flow into Polynesia predating Easter Island settlement: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2487-2 Hōkūleʻa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dk%C5%ABle%CA%BBa Czech archaeologists trace ancient sea routes in Neolithic dugout replica: https://english.radio.cz/monoxylon-iii-czech-archaeologists-trace-ancient-sea-routes-neolithic-dugout-8130367 Sarmatian log boat (monoxylon) at Novi Sad Museum: https://europebetweeneastandwest.wordpress.com/2020/10/03/how-will-we-be-forgotten-petrovaradin-of-sarmatians-monoxylon-a-balkan-affair-30/ | — | ||||||
| 7/6/25 | Brief Update / Bonus Video | Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are not able to post our regularly scheduled episode today, but in its place we'd like to share a YouTube video Josh made for the ComSciCon Canada conference! You can find it at the following link: https://youtu.be/I_jHuLPhF7I Please check it out, and leave us a comment letting us know what you think! ComSciCon Canada: https://www.comsciconcanada.org/ | — | ||||||
| 6/22/25 | Episode 106: Sasquatch Sunset (2024) | Today we’re reviewing Sasquatch Sunset (2024), the story of a family of Bigfoots searching in vain for more of their own kind while coming to terms with a new threat to their survival: humans. It’s a beautiful, powerful film about grief, uncertainty, perseverance, hope, and poop. Lots of poop. Visit our new website! https://screensofthestoneage.com Get in touch with us: Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com In this episode: Ross’ yeti paper: Edwards & Barnett (2015). Himalayan ‘yeti’ DNA: Polar bear or DNA degradation? A comment on ‘Genetic analysis of hair samples attributed to yeti’ by Sykes et al.(2014): https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1712 Sasquatch Birth Journal 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTw2w6MiFw Riley Keough – Creatures of Nature – grunt version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGlueLd7Kqo Number sense in animals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sense_in_animals The Patterson Gimlin film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q60mSMmhTZU Wild chimps play with dolls: https://www.npr.org/2010/12/21/132231422/wild-chimps-may-play-dolls Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) - drowning scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W3sZedBfIM Bigfoot behaviour: https://www.bfro.net/gdb/show_FAQ.asp?id=587 Why do chimps throw poop? https://www.livescience.com/66042-why-chimps-throw-poop.html Bowland et al. (2025). The evolutionary ecology of ethanol: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.09.005 Did ‘shrooms send Santa and his reindeer flying? https://www.npr.org/2010/12/24/132260025/did-shrooms-send-santa-and-his-reindeer-flying | — | ||||||
| 6/8/25 | Episode 105: Robin from Ghosts | Ghosts is a BBC sitcom about a young couple who inherit a mansion which happens to be haunted by a cast of spirits from various periods of Britain’s history—including the Stone Age. Today we’re reviewing the character Robin, who is some sort of caveman ghost who has been haunting the grounds since long before Button House was built. His is a tragic story of extreme loneliness and solitude, but through it all he’s developed a strong sense of humour, a sage-like wisdom, and an appreciation of bums. Visit our new website! https://screensofthestoneage.com Get in touch with us: Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com In this episode: 9 minutes of Robin chaos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrgFgyTGKwI Roger Clark (2012) A Natural History of Ghosts: 500 Years of Hunting for Proof: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Natural_History_of_Ghosts Greyfriar’s Kirkyard: https://greyfriarskirk.com/visit/kirkyard/ Ghosts of Roman soldiers haunt ancient city of York: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1977/01/19/Ghosts-of-Roman-soldiers-haunt-ancient-city-of-York/6631571073639/ Jaubert et al. (2016). Early Neanderthal constructions deep in Bruniquel Cave in southwestern France: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature18291 The BBC article about the “highly inbred” Neanderthal woman from Denisova Cave: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-25423498 | — | ||||||
| 5/25/25 | Episode 104: Saturday Night Live | Live from New York: It’s the Stone Age! Today we’re reviewing an anthology of sketches from Saturday Night Live, the long-running American variety show, featuring Cockney cavemen, osteological phobias, Nile Valley girls, a real banger about Ancient Rome, and a lot of celebs humping each other. Visit our new website! https://screensofthestoneage.com Get in touch with us: Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com In this episode: Watch our Stone Age SNL playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MDF68rM3VM&list=PLzzOAyef3Dyrhg07MnEfFircHodV_OPjj Don’t You Go Rounin’ Round to Re Ro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6p0W4ZsLXw The earliest known fermented beverage: https://historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=3424 Moosa et al. (2021). Sexual dimorphic parameters of femur: a clinical guide in orthopedics and forensic studies: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8811676/ The March of Progress: https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/sites.wustl.edu/dist/1/1202/files/2018/10/MarchofProgressComplete-192k4uo.png Sapolsky and Share (2004). A Pacific culture among wild baboons: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0020106 Maya vs. Aztec Calendar: https://mymayansign.com/blog/aztec-vs-mayan-calendar/ Ancient Rome Meme: https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/09/21/tiktoks-roman-empire-meme-explained/ Hadrian was hella gay: https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/antinous-and-hadrian Eosimias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eosimias Orang Pendek: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Orang_Pendek | — | ||||||
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