Episode 19: The Croods (2013)

Today we’re reviewing The Croods, the story of a Neanderthal family led by a paranoid patriarch whose authority is threatened by an innovative young modern human. Despite the star-studded cast, Ross may never forgive us for making him watch this one.

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In this episode:

Whale phylogeny: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.10.012

Chang and Eng Bunker, the original conjoined twins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_and_Eng_Bunker

Neanderthal control of fire: https://www.bbcearth.com/news/did-neanderthals-learn-to-make-fire-before-homo-sapiens

Neanderthal art: https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/neanderthal-art-discovery/

Why aren’t there any blue or green mammals? https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/mg25033370-800-why-are-there-no-green-mammals/

Four-winged dinosaur: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28295571

Neanderthal footprints at Theopetra, Greece: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-60406-6_10

Was hookworm responsible for the “dumb hillbilly” stereotype? https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/how-a-worm-gave-the-south-a-bad-name/

Guinea worm has almost been eradicated: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00385-z

The Hygiene Hypothesis of allergies: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2249.2010.04139.x