Episode 2: Encino Man (1992)

In our second episode we're reviewing Encino Man (aka California Man), the story of two unpopular teenagers from Encino, California, who dig up a frozen caveman and, naturally, take him to high school. Is this the best caveman movie of all time? Spoiler alert: yes it is.

In this episode:

• We fawn over Brendan Fraser and Pauly Shore. Sean Astin is in the movie too.

• Mousterian bowls

• Why don’t we call them “Cro-Magnon anymore?”

• Did Neanderthals use chemical methods to start fires?

• Discussions about the La Brea Tar Pits.

• It’s just called a “pull-down chart”

• Human taxonomy and species concepts are confusing.