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  • Episode 132: In the Blink of an Eye (2026)

    Episode 132: In the Blink of an Eye (2026)
    2026/07/05

    They keep making them, so we keep reviewing them! In the Blink of an Eye (2026) tells the tragic tale of an adorably precocious child’s radicalization and eventual transformation into a billionaire tech bro who destroys the earth. It’s a triptych of past, present, and future, taking us from an endearing mixed race Neanderthal family, to Rashida Jones’ groundbreaking PhD research, to a genetically engineered sci-fi Kate McKinnon’s quest to find the next planet to destroy. It’s alright, I guess.

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    In this episode:

    Longevity-obsessed tech billionaires: https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/11/health/kara-swisher-longevity-wellness

    Kepler 16b: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-16b

    The ichnology of White Sands (New Mexico): Linear traces and human footprints, evidence of transport technology? https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2025.100274

    RNA World: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA_world

    Hairdos in prehistory: https://richlyadorned.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/hairdos-in-prehistoric-europe/

    How to order authors in scientific papers: https://wordvice.com/blog/journal-article-author-order/

    How to format genus/species names: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d_5jDJvYwY

    Berger and Trinkaus (1995) Patterns of Trauma among the Neandertals: https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-4403(95)90013-6

    The Divje Babe Flute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHXV07YCGKY

    Lawnmower RC Airplane: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SuZLxMIsN6k

    Neanderthals and ancient DNA: https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics/ancient-dna-and-neanderthals
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  • Episode 132: Classic Caveman Cartoons (Part 2)

    Episode 132: Classic Caveman Cartoons (Part 2)
    2026/06/21
    Ehh, what’s up, doc? But in this case the “doc” is a PhD. Get it? Because we’re... Never mind, we’re back with more classic cartoons! As we move into the second half of the Twentieth Century the characters become more recognizable: Porky Pig, Mighty Mouse, Pink Panther, Woody Woodpecker – we ruin the fun of all these characters by trying to assess what species they are! (Oh wait, I should have said “what’s up, post-doc?”. I’ll keep workshopping it) (Part 2 of 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 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 Cartoons featured in this episode: Springtime in the Rock Age (1940): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivk88NXvc_k Way Back When Women had their Weigh (1940): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUcPMfEGfeI Prehistoric Porky (1940): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK6quxW5pc0 Mighty Mouse – Prehistoric Perils (1952): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAdUiP_giPY Peabody's Improbable History S3E17 "The First Caveman" (1961): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1r5SZElTzQ Pink Panther – Prehistoric Pink (1968): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io5oqdC_1co Pink Panther – Extinct Pink (1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y3lt2oWh_0 Prehistoric Super Salesman (1969): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8imjrh Other Links: Meganeura: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meganeura Snail tape measure: https://yarn-fun.com/products/snail-tape-measure Black Panthers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_panther King Cheetah: https://www.reddit.com/r/Awwducational/comments/ga8css/king_cheetahs_are_variety_of_cheetahs_with_a_rare/ What’s Opera, Doc? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9doSQ1cHAw Bjorn Kurten’s Pleistocene Mammals of Europe: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315126470 Which big cats like catnip? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/8td7ut/does_catnip_affect_wild_felines_the_same_way_it/ Do big cats like catnip? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEdpDl1hSz4 Oldest bows and arrows: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_and_arrow#History Strawberry leopard: https://nypost.com/2019/08/20/rare-strawberry-leopard-photographed-in-south-africa/ Woody is an Ivory Billed Woodpecker: https://ivory-billedwoodpecker1.blogspot.com/2012/03/woody-woodpecker.html
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  • Episode 130: Classic Caveman Cartoons (Part 1)

    Episode 130: Classic Caveman Cartoons (Part 1)
    2026/06/07

    Today we’re digging deep into the Stone Age of cinema and reviewing classic cartoons about prehistoric people. From the world’s first animated dinosaur to the advent of colour film, we watched cartoons featuring Felix the Cat, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Daffy Duck, a seriously copyright-infringing couple of mice, and a disturbing amount of sexual violence. (Part 1 of 2)

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    Cartoons featured in this episode:

    Gertie the Dinosaur (1914): https://youtu.be/32pzHWUTcPc

    Why they love cavemen (1921): https://youtu.be/5ikoWsHLicA

    Felix in the Bone Age (1922): https://youtu.be/97V_6O3iHbE

    Stone Age Stunts (1930): https://youtu.be/Ojdjl3VEnn4

    The Stone Age – Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1931): https://youtu.be/wqayvsVPnlo

    Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939): https://youtu.be/X2tgbncOoMk

    Other topics:

    Mr. DNA’s Science Lesson – Jurassic Park: https://youtu.be/1Uq5WSzUaTQ

    Microraptor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microraptor

    The Invention of Prehistory (2024) by Stefanos Geroulanos: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324091455/

    Anas rubripes, the American Black Duck: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_black_duck

    Black Swedish duck: https://livestockconservancy.org/swedish-duck/

    Sinclair Oil: https://www.sinclairoil.com/dino-history
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  • Episode 129: Gendy Tartakovsky’s Primal (2019-)

    Episode 129: Gendy Tartakovsky’s Primal (2019-)
    2026/05/24

    Primal (2019-) is an animated series by Gendy Tartakovsky set in an alternate prehistory in which Neanderthals and dinosaurs coexist. Setting aside the anachronisms, this series has received critical acclaim for its emotional depth and unique visual storytelling format. Kim doesn’t care about that—she was too traumatized by the first episode to watch any further.

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    Watch Gendy Tartakovsky’s Primal on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/primal-s-2-e-10/Primal+S1E1.mp4

    Listen to our episode on Ironmaster (1983): https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-58-ironmaster-1983/

    Platt et al. (2026) Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans was strongly sex biased: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aea6774

    Weaver and Hublin (2009) Neandertal birth canal shape and the evolution of human childbirth: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0812554106

    Ceratosaurus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratosaurus

    Giganotosaurus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giganotosaurus

    Dinosaur colouration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_coloration

    Darwin's Acid - Baba Brinkman - Rap Guide to Evolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apICqy01jo4

    Neanderthal fishing: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106731

    Trinkaus and Villotte (2017) External auditory exostoses and hearing loss in the Shanidar 1 Neandertal: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186684

    Megalania: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalania

    Voay: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voay

    Mekosuchus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekosuchus
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  • Episode 128: Caveman AI Slop

    Episode 128: Caveman AI Slop
    2026/05/10
    Today we’re yelling at all you young whippersnappers to get off our lawn! That’s right, your favourite elder millennial academics are reviewing AI generated caveman slop. It’s a world of polydactyl chad-panzees and GIGO-chads, when men were apes and women were dirty supermodels. Are we witnessing the extinction of human creativity, or are we just stuck in the stone age and refusing to evolve? 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: You can see the complete list of images and videos we reviewed in this episode in this document: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U5q3NPTsoZxdTIjlesyLd39PhDNxQcIL/view?usp=sharing Neanderthal skull characteristics: https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/3-s2.0-B9780123786326000173-f17-26-9780123786326.jpg Magnani and Clindaniel (2025) Artificial Intelligence and the Interpretation of the Past: https://www.doi.org/10.1017/aap.2025.10110 Why does AI screw up at hands and fingers? https://www.britannica.com/topic/Why-does-AI-art-screw-up-hands-and-fingers-2230501 People prefer human generated content over AI: https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/people-still-largely-prefer-humans-create-content-not-ai George Jetson and Rosie the robot: https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/293/343/488/042/214/original/d947ba2b674951c1.webp Microsoft’s “Tay” chatbot became a Nazi in 16 hours: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_(chatbot) "Walk My Walk" by Breaking Rust topped the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart in 2025: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Rust Neanderthal fingerprint: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0g9jv707yo Neanderthal high-pitched voices: https://www.discovermagazine.com/if-neanderthals-were-able-to-speak-they-may-have-had-high-pitched-voices-46297 Neanderthals boiled water with stones: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neanderthals-had-houses-hot-water-180956438/ Neanderthals distilled birch tar: https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-uncover-hearth-neanderthals-may-have-used-make-tar Cue Scratch.WAV by Racche - License: Attribution 3.0: https://freesound.org/s/160907/
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  • Episode 127: Don Verdean (2015) w/ Dr. Andrew Kinkella

    Episode 127: Don Verdean (2015) w/ Dr. Andrew Kinkella
    2026/04/26
    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/
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  • Episode 126: Luggage of the Gods (1983)

    Episode 126: Luggage of the Gods (1983)
    2026/04/12

    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!

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    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/
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  • Episode 125: Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)

    Episode 125: Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
    2026/03/29
    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/
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