The Armstrong and Miller Show (2007-2010) was a very British sketch comedy show featuring a recurring cast of characters, including a group of cavemen navigating anachronistic scenarios. Join us today as we break down nine short sketches and learn The Origins Of several familiar modern concepts!

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The Origins Of playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b56eAUCTLok&list=PLHPcoj7GjvN2Ik5pUnP1eCZAEhkHljvLX

Saharan Rock Art: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saharan_rock_art

Palaeolithic portable art: https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-portable-art-172101

All cavemen were Neanderthals: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AllCavemenWereNeanderthals

Reticulation in evolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticulate_evolution

Growing up in the Ice Age by April Nowell: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv13nb8xw

How Neanderthal molar teeth grew: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05314

The “fateful hoaxing” of Margaret Mead: https://doi.org/10.1086/669033

Weird name spellings: https://medium.com/@marilyn_yung/dear-new-parents-complicate-your-childs-life-spell-their-name-weird-4eb22c77e2f6

Neanderthal cannibalism: https://magazine.libarts.colostate.edu/article/cannibalism-ritual-or-both-the-neanderthal-debate-continues-at-krapina-cave-in-croatia/

Upper Palaeolithic human sacrifice: https://www.livescience.com/1594-early-europeans-practiced-human-sacrifice.html

Earliest evidence of alcohol: https://www.penn.museum/research/project.php?pid=12

Life expectancy in the past: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20181002-how-long-did-ancient-people-live-life-span-versus-longevity

Is that skeleton gay? https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2017/04/08/is-that-skeleton-gay-the-problem-with-projecting-modern-ideas-onto-the-past/

Sex assessment from Palaeolithic hand prints: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.01.028

White Sands footprints: https://www.nps.gov/whsa/learn/nature/fossilized-footprints.htm

Population size of elephants: https://ourworldindata.org/elephant-populations

Neanderthal Eagle Talon Pendant: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191101143959.htm

Armin Meiwes on LPOTL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcGFjyMlTyo