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Screens of the Stone Age

Josh Lindal, Dr. Kimberly Plomp, and Dr. Ross Barnett
Screens of the Stone Age
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    Episode 132: In the Blink of an Eye (2026)

    05/07/2026 | 1 h 20 min
    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)

    21/06/2026 | 59 min
    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).

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    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)

    07/06/2026 | 51 min
    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-)

    24/05/2026 | 49 min
    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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    In this episode:

    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

    10/05/2026 | 1 h 1 min
    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?

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    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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The podcast where scientists review movies about prehistoric people! From The Flintstones to The Croods, from Iceman to Encino Man, from Year One to One Million Years BC, we dig into popular movies about the ancient past and sift the facts from the fiction. Hosts with expertise in archaeology, paleoanthropology, human evolution, paleontology, and paleogenetics take you behind the scenes to learn the truth about cave people like Neanderthals and Cro Magnons, and Pleistocene Megafauna like woolly mammoths and sabretooth cats. Plus, history movies, science fiction, pseudoarchaeology, and dinosaurs!
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