Episode 14: Alpha (2018)

On today’s episode we are reviewing Alpha (2018), the story of a lost Solutrean boy who befriends and domesticates a wolf, with TWO special guests! Dr. April Nowell studies the origins of art and language and the archaeology of childhood. Dr. Grant Zazula is the palaeontologist for the Government of Yukon, and he was the palaeontology consultant on Alpha! He takes us behind the scenes as we dissect the real-life inspirations behind the language, artifacts, landscapes, and of course ice-age mammals in this beautiful movie.

Check out April’s new book, Growing Up in the Ice Age

April is giving a talk on Thursday January 13, 2022 at 9:00 PT / 17:00 GMT as part of the University of Liverpool Evolutionary Anthropology Webinar Series

Check out Grant’s work with the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre

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