Episode 43: Horror Express (1972)

Horror Express (1972) tells the tale of an anthropologist who discovers a frozen hominin in China which, unbeknownst to him, is possessed by a telepathic extraterrestrial life form. It’s basically The Thing on a train. Ross was so excited when he discovered this one that he couldn’t wait until Halloween. Get in touch with us! Twitter: @SotSA_Podcast Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Email: [email protected] In this episode: Optography – How Forensic Scientists Once Tried to “See” a Dead Person’s Last Sight: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-forensic-scientists-once-tried-see-dead-persons-last-sight-180959157/ Early calculations of the age of Earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Earth#Early_calculations How the human brain gets its wrinkles: https://www.livescience.com/47421-human-brain-wrinkles.html Dmanisi – the first humans outside Africa: https://www.science.org/content/article/meet-frail-small-brained-people-who-first-trekked-out-africa The history of human origin studies (Including Java Man, the Piltdown hoax, and the Taung Child): https://evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/s12052-010-0248-7