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The podcast where scientists review movies about prehistoric people.
Today we’re reviewing Sasquatch Sunset (2024), the story of a family of Bigfoots searching in vain for more of their own kind while coming to terms with a new threat to their survival: humans. It’s a beautiful, powerful film about grief, uncertainty, perseverance, hope, and poop. Lots of poop.
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In this episode:
Ross’ yeti paper: Edwards & Barnett (2015). Himalayan ‘yeti’ DNA: Polar bear or DNA degradation? A comment on ‘Genetic analysis of hair samples attributed to yeti’ by Sykes et al.(2014): https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1712
Sasquatch Birth Journal 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTw2w6MiFw
Riley Keough – Creatures of Nature – grunt version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGlueLd7Kqo
Number sense in animals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sense_in_animals
The Patterson Gimlin film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q60mSMmhTZU
Wild chimps play with dolls: https://www.npr.org/2010/12/21/132231422/wild-chimps-may-play-dolls
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) - drowning scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W3sZedBfIM
Bigfoot behaviour: https://www.bfro.net/gdb/show_FAQ.asp?id=587
Why do chimps throw poop? https://www.livescience.com/66042-why-chimps-throw-poop.html
Bowland et al. (2025). The evolutionary ecology of ethanol: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.09.005
Did ‘shrooms send Santa and his reindeer flying? https://www.npr.org/2010/12/24/132260025/did-shrooms-send-santa-and-his-reindeer-flying
Screens of the Stone Age
The podcast where scientists review movies about prehistoric people.