Fish People - Ep 117

This week, Anna and Amber bring you the result of episode planning by two hosts who have had a VERY long year and who refuse to back down from a dumb joke. We're talking Mersons of Interest, aquatic apes, men who wear fish, and more! Make sure to listen through the end for...what can only be described as a musical masterpiece. Links Are mermaids real? (NOAA National Ocean Service) Did Human Evolution Include a Semi-Aquatic Phase? (The Scientist [not the Coldplay song]) The African ape-like foot of Ardipithecus ramidus and its implications for the origin of bipedalism (Elife) The Neanderthal Ear—Prone to Irritating Infections (Sapiens) Fantastically Wrong: The Murderous, Sometimes Sexy History of the Mermaid (Wired) An Archaeological Puzzle on the Danube (The New York Times) Lepenski Vir (Atlas Obscura) The genomic history of southeastern Europe (Nature) The Ichthyophagi: Fishing for Monstrosity in Alexander Romances (EsoterX) Olaus Magnus (Strange Science) Olaus Magnus, A Description of the Northern Peoples, 1555: Volume III, Volume 3 (via Google Books) The Mythology of Kingship in Neo-Assyrian Art (via Google Books) Neo-Assyrian fish-apkallu wall panel relief (British Museum) Neo-Assyrian apkallu figurine (British Museum) Berossus on the Creation (Livius) Oannes: The Best Evidence for Ancient Aliens? (Jason Colavito) Contact Email the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Find this show on the educational podcast app, Lyceum.fm!