Screens of the Stone Age Podcast

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Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Jun 12

We're about to hit 300 followers on YouTube! I see that we currently have 799 followers on Bluesky. I'm an archaeologist, not a mathematician, but I think that means that some of you still haven't subscribed to our YouTube channel yet. Wanna help us out? www.youtube.com/@screensofth...

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Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Oct 27

BTW, check out the gamer dent on this "missing link" skull!

A screenshot from the movie "The Lost Tribe" of an archaeologist holding up a "missing link" skull. The skull has a weird depression transversely across the top of it. Superimposed is a "gamer dent" meme: an image of a bald gamer removing his headphones to reveal that they have left an impression on the top of his head, but it is photoshopped to an absurd degree. The similarity between the dent in the skull and in the guy's head is uncanny.

Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Oct 4

It's officially October, so we're planning some scary movies for upcoming episodes! We just watched Legend of the Bog (2009), which prompted Ross to plot the decline of Vinnie Jones' IMDB scores over time (this is what happens when scientists watch movies) www.imdb.com/title/tt0928...

A graph with a zig-zaggy blue line showing the IMDB ratings for 79 Vinnie Jones movies in chronological order, which range from about 8/10 to about 2/10. A best-fit line indicates a downward trend over time, starting at about 6/10 and declining to about 4/10.

y = -0.0230x + 5.6722
R squared = 0.15821

Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Feb 26

We originally posted this meme when we reviewed King Kong (2005), but our discussion for our upcoming episode on Curious George (2006) made me think of it again 🧪🐒🦍

A "Galaxy Brain" format meme with four levels:
Level one (small brain): gorillas are monkeys
Level two: Gorillas are apes, not monkeys
Level three: Cladistically, apes are monkeys
Level four (galaxy brain): Taxonomy is a cultural construct

Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Jan 6

Our YouTube subscribers have doubled since the last post! But we have way more BlueSky followers, so maybe you wanna subscribe and help us hit 200?

A screenshot from the Screens of the Stone Age Podcast's YouTube analytics page indicating that we have 198 subscribers.

Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Dec 19

Was not expecting to see an Australopithecus skull on the finale of What We Do In The Shadows #paleoanthropology

A screenshot form the series What We Do In The Shadows depicting two vampires and a Frankenstein-esque monster seated in three chairs talking directly to camera in a spooky candle-lit vampire house. On the table in front of them, centred in the shot and surrounded by old books and candles, is a cast of a skull of Australopithecus afarensis, situated in a small dead tree or something like a table centrepiece.

Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Nov 20

We got Dedunked! #RealArchaeology

Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Sep 30

We're about to hit 100 subscribers on YouTube! If you're not yet subscribed, here's your chance to help us out!

Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Mar 6

On our latest episode we reviewed Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), the touching story of a little girl adapting to a changing world - featuring Aurochs! or, something like that... Listen here: pasc-scpa.ca/sotsa/sotsa-... 🧪

Title card for an episode of the Screens of the Stone Age Podcast featuring the movie Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012). The image features a small child facing a large pig-like beast with horns, and the text reads "Magical realism and Paleolithic reality"

Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Mar 2

In a later episode he brought it home in Lucille's car embedded in a large rock. In this view an edentulous jaw is visible, clearly showing that they used a replica of La Chapelle 1 for this prop

Michael from the series "Arrested Development" peers into an open car window, revealing a large boulder in the back seat with a Neanderthal skull embedded in it

Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Mar 2

Unlikely paleo reference #2: Buster Bluth destroys the Neanderthal skull from La Chapelle aux Saints on Arrested Development, which they had just discovered under Fashion Island and which he mistook for a pterodactyl 🏺

A team of archaeologists sit within a grid of yellow strings and orange flags around a Neanderthal skull, staring incredulously at Buster Bluth, dressed in all khaki, who has just carelessly smashed the skull with a geological hammer

Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Feb 12

Happy Darwin Day! Here's my favourite quote:

A picture of Darwin with a quote from his letter to Lyell: "I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything"

Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Feb 7

Unlikely paleo references in pop culture: Pam learning about the Lascaux Caves in art school on The Office 🏺

Screenshot from The Office in which Pam is attending an art school lecture and "The Lascaux Caves" is written on the chalkboard

Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Jan 25

We're giving away some SotSA gear! To win one of these t-shirts/sweatshirts, send us a correction to one of our episodes - either a mistake in something we said, or a mistake in a movie which we didn't catch! Listen to our latest episode for more details

Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Jan 19

Check out this cool SotSA gear designed by www.dkbock.com! Not available to buy, but listen to our next episode this Sunday for a chance to win one!

Two black T-shirts with white logos that say "Screens of the Stone Age"

Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Jan 10

HOPE Lab at the University of the Philippines is selling merch for a good cause - proceeds go to pay for a student's mother's cancer treatment. Get a T-shirt or tote bag with this cool HOPE logo! 🏺 www.facebook.com/people/HOPE-...

Screens of the Stone Age Podcast@sotsapodcast· Jan 3

I just discovered a video game called The Dig (1995) - it looks like Armageddon with archaeologists! Why didn't I know about this when I was ten!? store.steampowered.com/app/6040/The...