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  • Episode 118: Cavemen S01E09 Caveman Holiday (2007)

    Episode 118: Cavemen S01E09 Caveman Holiday (2007)
    Dec 21 2025

    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!

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    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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    54 min
  • Episode 117: Teenage Cave Man (1958)

    Episode 117: Teenage Cave Man (1958)
    Dec 7 2025

    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.

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    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
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    50 min
  • Episode 116: Prey (2022) with Dr. Carlton Shield Chief Gover

    Episode 116: Prey (2022) with Dr. Carlton Shield Chief Gover
    Nov 23 2025
    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
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    1 h et 9 min
  • Episode 115: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) with Joe Wood

    Episode 115: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) with Joe Wood
    Nov 9 2025
    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/
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    1 h et 24 min
  • Episode 114: The Lost Tribe (2009)

    Episode 114: The Lost Tribe (2009)
    Oct 26 2025

    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!

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    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
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    1 h et 8 min
  • Episode 113: Legend of the Bog (2009)

    Episode 113: Legend of the Bog (2009)
    Oct 12 2025

    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!

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    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/
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    1 h
  • Episode 112: Phineas and Ferb (2007-)

    Episode 112: Phineas and Ferb (2007-)
    Sep 28 2025

    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.

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    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/
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    55 min
  • Episode 111: The Armstrong and Miller Show – The Origins Of…

    Episode 111: The Armstrong and Miller Show – The Origins Of…
    Sep 14 2025
    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
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    1 h et 1 min