Episode 42: Troll (2022)

Jan 8

To kick of 2023 we’re reviewing Troll (2022), a Norwegian movie in which the government enlists the help of a paleontologist to stop a rampaging troll. We dig into mythology, tooth ontogeny, and sexual dimorphism, and determine that taxonomically trolls are monkeys.

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In this episode:

The Myth and Mystery behind Norwegian Trolls

Iceland diverts roads around elf homes

The Square-Cube Law

Primate tooth eruption

Primate skeletal traits

Hypsodonty