Episode 10: The Neanderthal Man (1953)

We’re getting into the spooky season with a scary movie! The Neanderthal Man is a classic ‘50s monster movie about a mad scientist who creates a serum to turn back evolution and transforms himself into a primitive beast. Actually, it’s not very scary to modern day viewers. It’s not remotely scientifically accurate either. Also, the acting is pretty bad. Still, we had a lot of fun watching it! In this episode: Watch The Neanderthal Man on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6HHl2PqMfs  A discussion of the phylogeny of big cats https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/32616/A_revised_Felidae_Taxonomy_CatNews.pdf Don’t call them sabre-toothed tigers! They’re called sabre-toothed cats! How do phylogenetic trees work? https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/reading-a-phylogenetic-tree-the-meaning-of-41956/ The Human Advantage: A New Understanding of How Our Brain Became Remarkable By Suzana Herculano-Houzel https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/human-advantage Beverly Garland was replaced by a different actress mid-scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1jamApOUHc Carbon Dating https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-radiocarbon-dating-and-how-does-it-work-9690 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43/43-h/43-h.htm