Episode 1: William (2019)

It’s our first episode! To kick things off, we’re reviewing William (2019), a story about a teenaged Neanderthal clone being raised by his ethically-dubious scientist parents in the 21st Century Pacific Northwest. Spoilers ahead!

In this episode:

The Ugly Little Boy by Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195450.The_Ugly_Little_Boy

Dolly the Sheep: https://dolly.roslin.ed.ac.uk/facts/the-life-of-dolly/index.html

Scientist seeks ‘adventurous woman’ to have Neanderthal baby: https://www.foxnews.com/science/scientist-seeks-adventurous-woman-to-have-neanderthal-baby

High-pitched Neanderthal voice – BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o589CAu73UM

3-D Printing Gives Voice to a 3,000-Year-Old Mummy: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/3-d-printing-gives-voice-to-a-3-000-year-old-mummy/

Green et al. (2010) A Draft sequence of the Neanderthal Genome: https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1188021

Screens of the Stone Age is supported by the Palaeoanthropological Society of Canada