We rarely the get change to review a newly released caveman movie, so we’re really excited about Out of Darkness (2022), the story of Upper Palaeolithic modern humans venturing into Europe for the first time, and encountering a mysterious enemy. What could it be? Well if you’ve kept up with the field of palaeoanthropology over the last twenty or thirty years, it’s probably exactly what you expect!
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In this episode:
Palaeolithic thaumatrope/whirlygig: https://rockartblog.blogspot.com/2019/04/prehistoric-animation-paleolithic.html
Homo sapiens reached the higher latitudes of Europe by 45,000 years ago: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06923-7
Microliths of the Aurignacian: https://doi.org/10.1525/ap3a.2002.12.1.83
Earliest evidence of woven fabric: https://www.thoughtco.com/the-history-of-textiles-172909
Hairdos in prehistoric Europe: https://richlyadorned.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/hairdos-in-prehistoric-europe/
Prehistoric humans had better teeth than we do: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/prehistoric-humans-had-better-teeth-than-we-do-26567282/
Fictional languages are called “conlangs”: https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/
Self defense against strangulation: https://mbcc.mt.gov/_docs/Events/Educational-Power-Hour/Strangulation-Response/Safety-Plan-Brochure-Strangulation.pdf
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