Episode 11: The Descent (2005)

Happy Halloween! In this episode of Screams of the Bone Age, we’re joined by special guest Marta Borovčanin to discuss The Descent (2005), a horror movie about a group of explorers who get trapped in a cave and stalked by prehistoric monsters. We talk about our scariest experiences working in caves, and speculate on the possibility of human monsters evolving in caves (Spoiler alert: it probably wouldn’t happen!). Hear more from Marta on the (Re)Akcionizam podcast (in Serbian) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVaFN-auNPY&list=PL5HreT9u25eTsWySkExukD1lnTjYZ-gbX&index=1 Get in touch with us! Facebook: @SotSAPodcast https://www.facebook.com/SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Email: [email protected] In this episode: Tasmajdan Cave, Belgrade: https://balkaninsight.com/2016/04/13/ta%C5%A1majdan-cave-potential-tourist-hotspot-03-17-2016/ Archaeology at Mala Balanica Cave, Serbia: https://popular-archaeology.com/article/the-road-through-sicevo/ The Hike to Šuplja Dupka Cave, Serbia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY_DdSJUtxc Exploring Šuplja Dupka Cave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7EmoylPljo Why do cave animals evolve blindness? https://phys.org/news/2017-04-cave-animals.html Upper Palaeolithic cave paintings: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/12/humans-were-not-centre-stage-ancient-cave-art-painting-lascaux-chauvet-altamira Survey of cave art in the Central Balkans: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330117290_Ruiz-Redondo_A_Mihailovic_D_Kuhn_S_L_2018_First_results_of_rock_art_survey_in_Central_Balkans_Analysis_of_the_graphic_remains_of_Selacka_3_Serbia_In_Floss_H_Pastoors_A_eds_Palaeolithic_rock_and_cave_a Human echolocation: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/learning-how-to-be-a-human-bat/ Phosphorescent glow worms: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/science/glow-worms-new-zealand.html