Silver Screen Science - One Million Years B.C. (1966)

About this episode

This episode explores the science depicted in the classic film One Million Years B.C.

Silver Screen Science is our series where we explore science on the big screen and beyond. This year, we’re taking a tour through cinematic history with Old School Dinosaurs! This episode, we visit a classic of mid-century caveman-versus-dinosaur cinema, with One Million Years B.C. Check out our website for blog posts and more: http://commondescentpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Lots more ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.

People in this episode

Host: Common Descent

Topics covered

• cinema
• dinosaurs
• science
• film analysis
• caveman
• mid-century

Keywords

• One Million Years B.C.
• dinosaurs
• caveman cinema
• science on screen
• Old School Dinosaurs

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: One Million Years B.C.

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