Episode 2: Encino Man (1992)
In our second episode we’re reviewing Encino Man (aka California Man), the story of two unpopular teenagers from Encino, California, who dig up a frozen caveman and, naturally, take him to high school. Is this the best caveman movie of all time? Sp
Screens of the Stone Age · Josh Lindal, Dr. Kimberly Plomp, and Dr. Ross Barnett
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Show Notes
In our second episode we’re reviewing Encino Man (aka California Man), the story of two unpopular teenagers from Encino, California, who dig up a frozen caveman and, naturally, take him to high school. Is this the best caveman movie of all time? Spoiler alert: yes it is.
In this episode:
We fawn over Brendan Fraser and Pauly Shore. Sean Astin is in the movie too.
Mousterian bowls: http://www.propbay.com/original/mousterian-bowl-encino-man-1992-movie-prop-5413.html
Why don’t we call them “Cro-Magnon anymore?”: https://www.thoughtco.com/we-dont-call-them-cro-magnon-170738
Did Neanderthals use chemical methods to start fires? https://www.nature.com/articles/srep22159
Discussions about the La Brea Tar Pits: https://tarpits.org/
It’s just called a “pull-down chart”
Human taxonomy and species concepts are confusing: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/377663