Episode 17: Early Man (2018)

What do you get when you cross Wallace and Gromit, 10,000BC, and The Mighty Ducks? Early Man is the story of a bumbling tribe of Stone Age cavemen who challenge the Bronze Age to a football (soccer) match to save their village. This movie is drenched in references to both football and British culture, and considering this is a nerdy science podcast we mostly understand the latter!

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In this episode:

Difference between geological time periods and cultural ages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_time_periods#General_periods

The Beaker People: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/directory/beaker-people

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancient_World#Background

A discussion about colour (Radiolab did it better): https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/episodes/211119-colors

Lumpers and Splitters: https://xkcd.com/2518/

Prof. Yoel Rak locked out of his office over archaeology drama: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/MAGAZINE-a-bitter-archaeological-battle-is-rocking-tel-aviv-university-1.10443893

The history of football: https://www.footballhistory.org/

Ba game – medieval Scottish football: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba_game

Ancient Mesoamerican ballcourts: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aay6964

Pelota – student video game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-aW_gc6xe4

Archaeology of the Olympics: https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/09/health/when-the-games-began-olympic-archaeology.html