“Mundos Opuestos” or “Opposite Worlds” is a Chilean reality TV show originally aired in 2012. The premise of the show is that 22 participants live in a large house, in which half live in “the past,” and half in “the future.” The house itself is separated into two areas by a glass wall, such that […]
Category: Behavioral Modernity
One of the easiest ways to gain a glimpse of another’s life and routine is through videos entitled “Days in the Life.” These have been created for years to showcase different careers, cultures, and routines in present-day time. But what would happen if we applied this same approach of insight to Neanderthals? That’s where “The […]
As a notoriously messy person, I can proudly say I have been gifted Marie Kondo’s bestselling book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, not once, but twice, by my well-meaning family and friends, as well as copies of Minimalism 101, The Minimalist Way, The Joy of Less, and The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning—the […]
Night at the Museum, was easily one of my favorite films growing up. The film stars Ben Stiller as a newly recruited night security guard (Larry Daley) at the Natural History Museum. Stiller soon discovers that an ancient curse in the Museum causes all of the exhibitions to come to life and roam the halls […]
For a very long time, people tended to regard Neanderthals as an inferior species and associate their extinction with their low intelligence. Nonetheless, recent archaeological evidence suggests that Neanderthals might be able to create art, hold rituals, perform burials, and other modern behaviors. Furthermore, scientific evidence also suggests that most people process small percentages of […]
The popular Netflix original show Black Mirror has been widely praised for its exploration of various themes such as digital consciousness and artificial intelligence through the lens of dystopian science fiction. In this post, I will be discussing the episode “Be Right Back” as it relates to modern interpretations of the relationship between humans and […]
Phineas and Ferb, a popular animated children’s TV show, is known for its use of magical realism, adding magical elements to a realistic world. One of its most notable uses of magical realism is a series of episodes where the characters of the Phineas and Ferb universe are superimposed into other time periods. In episodes […]
By: Naomi Booth Recently, there has been a glamourization of the past as being healthier for humans. There are many articles that recommend specific diets or exercises that are supposedly better for human health. These articles claim that the current lifestyle of humans is too sedentary and unhealthy, and look to early human hunter/gatherer societies […]
I grew up obsessed with the Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series. I found myself imagining that I was a daughter of Athena because I had been a smart kid, while my artsy friends would align with Apollo and my stylish friends were drawn to Aphrodite. While offering representation rare for any childrens’ book, […]
Link to comic strip: https://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=177998 This comic strip depicts three cavemen standing by the walls of a cave. One is creating a cave painting in which a stick figure chases after a wooly mammoth. One of the other cavemen expresses the idea that one should not always believe the messages that they see, seeming to […]
The Museum of Modern Pasts 