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Category Archives: Prehistory
Creatures the World Forgot – and Maybe for a Reason?
I’m conscious this blog tends to wander off a bit from its declared focus on the exotic and the prehistoric. So let’s get back to basics – and a look at another prehistoric movie classic. I never saw this film … Continue reading
Lewis Spence’s The Problem of Lemuria
If, like me, you love myth and folklore, you may know Lewis Spence as the author of numerous books, in the early twentieth century, about the mythology of different parts of the world. I find his books more readable and useful … Continue reading
Posted in Mythology, Prehistory
Tagged Gondwana, Lemuria, Lewis Spence, Pacific Ocean, Sundaland, The Problem of Lemuria
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W.A. Harbinson’s The Light of Eden
Do you remember, if you’re old enough, the beautiful painted illustrations on the covers of fantasy and science fantasy novels in the 1980s? Each would depict a scene capturing both a moment in the story and the essence of the … Continue reading
Posted in fantasy, Fiction, Prehistory, science fiction
Tagged Christianity, Deep Time, Eden, paranormal, Prehistory, sex, The Light of Eden, W.A. Harbinson
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A Prehistoric Giant African Weasel
When I was a boy I got interested in the mammals of the world – including a particular affection for the Mustelidae, or weasel family. I guess that’s why it struck a chord when I found out about a large … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Prehistory
Tagged Africa, Deep Time, Ekorus, Evolving Eden, mammals, Mustelidae
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When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
Researching Deep Time was an excuse to rewatch the dinosaur films that had captivated me as boy. Through this painstaking scholarly process I discovered that in my memory two of these films had merged into one. That’s not entirely surprising … Continue reading
Posted in film, Prehistory, Uncategorized
Tagged cavemen, Deep Time, dinosaur, film, One Million Years BC, prehistoric, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
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Deep Time, Exotic Excursions
This year’s visit to New Caledonia got me musing whether I should change the name of my blog – to signal a broadening of scope that would justify my writing here about my travels. ‘Deep Time, Exotic Excursions’ is what … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Prehistory, Travel
Tagged Deep Time, Edward Said, exotic, Exotic Excursions, Prehistory
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In search of the ancient dead – by Nimue Brown
Originally posted on Druid Life:
By ‘ancient dead’ I don’t mean the human ancient dead, who, by planet measurements of time are really quite recent. I grew up on the Jurassic limestone of the Cotswold edge. I guess it started…
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Ben Haggarty and Adam Brockbank’s Mezolith
Years ago I saw a storytelling show quite unlike any I’ve seen before or since. In I Become Part of It the Company of Storytellers – Pomme Clayton, Ben Haggarty, Hugh Lupton – attempted to evoke the imaginative world of … Continue reading
Neanderthal Man and Cro-Magnon Woman
Jacques Malaterre’s Ao, le dernier Néandertal is a 2010 film about the fateful encounter between Neanderthals and modern humans. It’s also, as usual in this genre, a love story – with the usual pattern of gender and race: the man is a … Continue reading
