EPISODE · Jun 15, 2021 · 52 MIN
Episode 1: William (2019)
from Screens of the Stone Age · host Josh Lindal, Dr. Kimberly Plomp, and Dr. Ross Barnett
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
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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
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