Episode 84: Quest for Fire (1981) w/ Seth Chagi

Today we’re joined by Seth Chagi of World of Paleoanthropology to review a stone age classic: Quest for Fire (1981) hits almost all the caveman movie tropes, but to be fair, it probably originated most of them. We talk about the origins of controlled use of fire, “conlangs”, and how this movie has become more scientifically accurate over time. Check out the World of Paleoanthropology: https://worldofpaleoanthropology.org/ https://www.youtube.com/@worldofpaleoanthropology 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: Watch Quest for Fire on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MV1H_bAt-E Nonhuman ape sense of humour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJarjlRVZzY Bonobos laugh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhlHx5ivGGk Bonobo sex: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bonobo-sex-and-society-2006-06/ Sabre-toothed cats’ coat patterns: https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/laelaps/did-saber-cats-have-spotted-and-striped-coats/ The Naked Ape by Desmond Morris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Ape Anthony Burgess created the Ulam language: https://www.anthonyburgess.org/quest-for-fire/quest-for-language/ Australian firehawks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zcJs16aZ5s Were there any human tribes who didn’t have the ability to start fire? https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnthropology/comments/872kfd/is_it_true_that_ther_arewere_isolated_peoples_who/