For those that look at the 45 minute length and cringe, make time. My wife is out of town for the weekend so I had the ability to 'dork-out' as she calls it, without consideration given to more practical domestic matters.
I had to look-up a couple of things while watching. I'll share them for ready reference. If I have proven myself an idiot for not already knowing, so be it:
Clovis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis_culture
Solutrean:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solutrean
LGM (I knew what this meant, but learned a great deal by looking it up):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Glacial_Maximum
Captivating. In fact, when Stanford asked for time during the presentation I looked up and 33 minutes had melted away.
There is actually a very sad moment in the video. Stanford rhetorically asks where all the artifacts have gone as he shows a large bin of bone fragments dug up in the North Sea. There is also a very bright side. I will not spoil it, but will state that Stanford leaves the audience with an obvious cliffhanger. Yes, I say cliffhanger. Perhaps not as much fun, as the ultimately resolved adventures of Indiana Jones, but much more worthy of consideration.
I had to look-up a couple of things while watching. I'll share them for ready reference. If I have proven myself an idiot for not already knowing, so be it:
Clovis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis_culture
Solutrean:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solutrean
LGM (I knew what this meant, but learned a great deal by looking it up):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Glacial_Maximum
Captivating. In fact, when Stanford asked for time during the presentation I looked up and 33 minutes had melted away.
There is actually a very sad moment in the video. Stanford rhetorically asks where all the artifacts have gone as he shows a large bin of bone fragments dug up in the North Sea. There is also a very bright side. I will not spoil it, but will state that Stanford leaves the audience with an obvious cliffhanger. Yes, I say cliffhanger. Perhaps not as much fun, as the ultimately resolved adventures of Indiana Jones, but much more worthy of consideration.
