Episode 45: A.R.O.G: A Prehistoric Film (2008)
A.R.O.G (2008), the sequel to G.O.R.A (2004), is the story of a Turkish rug salesman who is sent a million years back in time by an old intergalactic foe, and must help his newfound stone-age friends progress through the technological ages to… eventually
Screens of the Stone Age · Josh Lindal, Dr. Kimberly Plomp, and Dr. Ross Barnett
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Show Notes
A.R.O.G (2008), the sequel to G.O.R.A (2004), is the story of a Turkish rug salesman who is sent a million years back in time by an old intergalactic foe, and must help his newfound stone-age friends progress through the technological ages to… eventually invent a time machine to return? That, or win a football match… The logic of it is unclear, but it is very funny and certainly film-literate (if not science-literate).
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Watch A.R.O.G on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr828yRNAu4
Is bee venom acidic and wasp venom basic? Truth vs. Myths: https://chemistryhall.com/bee-wasp-sting-venom/
Just in case the Zoomers don’t know what a Betamax is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax
Miller et al. (2006) Public Acceptance of Evolution: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1126746
The Atlas of Creation (pdf warning): https://orthodox-institute.org/files/Islam/Atlas_of_Creation_v1_e13.pdf
A fly fishing lure was mistakenly published as a real insect in an early edition of The Atlas of Creation: https://www.grahamowengallery.com/fishing/Atlas_of_Creation.html
Turkey stopped teaching evolution in schools in 2017: https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/08/20/540965889/in-turkey-schools-will-stop-teaching-evolution-this-fall
How can we date cave paintings? https://sruk.org.uk/the-dating-game-how-do-we-know-the-age-of-palaeolithic-cave-art/
Radiocarbon dating and bomb carbon: https://www.radiocarbon.com/carbon-dating-bomb-carbon.htm