Episode 7: The Flintstones (1994)
It had to be done eventually, so we’ve done it! In this episode we meet the Flintstones, a modern stone-age family from the town of Bedrock. Does this movie get the facts right? No, of course it doesn’t. But does it matter? It has dinosaurs! In this epis
Screens of the Stone Age · Josh Lindal, Dr. Kimberly Plomp, and Dr. Ross Barnett
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Show Notes
It had to be done eventually, so we’ve done it! In this episode we meet the Flintstones, a modern stone-age family from the town of Bedrock. Does this movie get the facts right? No, of course it doesn’t. But does it matter? It has dinosaurs!
In this episode:
♪ Simpsons! ♪ Meet the Simps- I mean, Flintstones!
SAA public perceptions of archaeology study (Archaeologists don’t dig up dinosaurs!): https://www.saa.org/education-outreach/public-outreach/public-perceptions-studies
How old is the Grand Canyon?: https://www.canyontours.com/guides/how-old-is-grand-canyon/
“Peking Man” – Homo erectus from Zhoukoudian Cave, China: https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/fossils/zhoukoudian
The Bone Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_Wars
Brontosaurus is back! https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-brontosaurus-is-back1/
Mary Anning: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/mary-anning-unsung-hero.html
Do we live longer today than people in the past? https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181002-how-long-did-ancient-people-live-life-span-versus-longevity
Cranium D3444 from Dmanisi, Georgia, is missing almost all of its teeth: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.a.20379
The Vasquez Rocks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasquez_Rocks