Episode 3: Iceman (1984)
In our third episode, we’re reviewing the movie Iceman from 1984. Haven’t heard of it? Neither had we, but it’s about a Neanderthal who was frozen in ice and thawed out in the 20th Century, just like Encino Man. Unlike Encino Man, howev
Screens of the Stone Age · Josh Lindal, Dr. Kimberly Plomp, and Dr. Ross Barnett
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Show Notes
In our third episode, we’re reviewing the movie Iceman from 1984. Haven’t heard of it? Neither had we, but it’s about a Neanderthal who was frozen in ice and thawed out in the 20th Century, just like Encino Man. Unlike Encino Man, however, they don’t take him to high school – they debate the ethics of murdering him for science purposes! Does this movie hold up? Well, it’s a window into the 80s for sure.
In this episode:
Ross watches the wrong movie.
Mammoth mastodonus is not a real taxon
Mammoth mummies: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/history-of-geology/mammoth-mummies-mysteries/
Eating frozen mammoth meat: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/12/permafrozen-dinner/604069/
The Dragon Behind the Glass by Emily Voigt: https://www.amazon.ca/Dragon-Behind-Glass-Obsession-Coveted/dp/1451678959
The myth of the “Noble Savage”: https://theconversation.com/explainer-the-myth-of-the-noble-savage-55316
Fire-hardened wooden spears from Schöningen, Germany: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248415002080