Episode 74: Star Trek: TNG S06E20 The Chase (1993)

Today we’re travelling to the 24th century to discover humans’ earliest ancestors in The Chase, a 1993 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, in which Captain Picard gets a chance to follow the road not taken and fulfill his dream of being an archaeologist. We talk pottery, ancient DNA, and linear progressive evolution. Win some SotSA Merch! Send your mistakes, inaccuracies, and corrections to us by email or social media: Twitter: @SotSA_Podcast Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Email: [email protected] In this episode: Pottery by Aurora: https://www.instagram.com/potterybyaurora/ Archaeological laws and ethics: https://www.saa.org/about-archaeology/archaeology-law-ethics Naiskos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naiskos Polychrome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychrome Seth Rogen’s Sidecar Ashtray: https://www.houseplant.com/products/sidecar-ashtray Xenoarchaeology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenoarchaeology Animals with archaeological records: https://www.livescience.com/which-animals-use-stone-tools Ancient DNA (aDNA): https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frstb.2013.0371 Environmental DNA (eDNA): https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/environmental-dna-edna Marine sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA): https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1185435