Screens of the Stone Age

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

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: [email protected] 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/

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/

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: [email protected] 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