Screens of the Stone Age

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: [email protected] 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

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: [email protected] 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

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: [email protected] 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/

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: [email protected] 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

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: [email protected] 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/

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: [email protected] 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/

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: [email protected] 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

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: [email protected] 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

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: [email protected] 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

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: [email protected] 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