Description

This week, Anna and Amber bring you the result of episode planning by two hosts who have had a VERY long year and who refuse to back down from a dumb joke. We're talking Mersons of Interest, aquatic apes, men who wear fish, and more! Make sure to listen through the end for...what can only be described as a musical masterpiece.

Links

• Are mermaids real? (NOAA National Ocean Service)
• Did Human Evolution Include a Semi-Aquatic Phase? (The Scientist [not the Coldplay song])
• The African ape-like foot of Ardipithecus ramidus and its implications for the origin of bipedalism (Elife)
• The Neanderthal Ear—Prone to Irritating Infections (Sapiens)
• Fantastically Wrong: The Murderous, Sometimes Sexy History of the Mermaid (Wired)
• An Archaeological Puzzle on the Danube (The New York Times)
• Lepenski Vir (Atlas Obscura)
• The genomic history of southeastern Europe (Nature)
• The Ichthyophagi: Fishing for Monstrosity in Alexander Romances (EsoterX)
• Olaus Magnus (Strange Science)
• Olaus Magnus, A Description of the Northern Peoples, 1555: Volume III, Volume 3 (via Google Books)
• The Mythology of Kingship in Neo-Assyrian Art (via Google Books)
• Neo-Assyrian fish-apkallu wall panel relief (British Museum)
• Neo-Assyrian apkallu figurine (British Museum)
• Berossus on the Creation (Livius)
• Oannes: The Best Evidence for Ancient Aliens? (Jason Colavito)

Contact

• Email the Dirt Podcast: thedirtpodcast@gmail.com

Affiliates

• Wildnote
• TeePublic
• Timeular

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