Have you ever wondered how accurate the Ice Age movies are? Did these animals really migrate so far and were that diverse? Did the sabre-tooth squirrel exist and what exactly is “Taekwondodo”? On our second episode we investigate the facts and fallacies surrounding the first Ice Age film. This week we talk to another expert, Wouter Bonhof, who works on the mobility of woolly mammoths from (sub)Arctic Eurasia and their availability as prey for early humans.
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What is amber and can we even get preserved DNA from it? And how accurate are the dinosaur reconstructions in Jurassic Park according to what we know from science? Join us on this episode where we attempt to answer the frequently asked questions about the Jurassic Park film, as well as some not so frequently asked ones as well. In the later part of the episode, we talk to amber and arthropod expert, Zsófi Hajdu, who is now a dinosaur fossil preparator at the Senckenberg-Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. Turns out knowing and talking about Jurassic Park is one of her main tasks at the museum, where she gets asks about the film by the young and the not-so-young visitors.
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In a world where the silver screen is plagued by blatant scientific blunders, one team has made it their mission to provide analysis, commentary and semi professional insight into these errors. Join them on their heroic journey... Take a sneak peak at what Nussaibah, Namra and Bryan plan to bring to you in the first season of PalaeoPickles!
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