Paleoanthropological scientific details about "Alpha"

Edwardo 2021-12-26 08:01:48

After watching the alpha, the paleontologists next to me and I were really amazed at the precise scientific details of paleontology and paleontology in the film. Here are a few conclusions to start with, and then I will complete this film review in the next few days.

(1) The human images in the film are probably the ancestors of modern Europeans. Its brown eyes and slightly Asian appearance are in line with the most cutting-edge research progress. The appearance of the ancestors of the earliest Europeans discovered so far.

Facial restoration map of early Europeans

(2) From the belief of the tribe of the characters in the film, it is speculated that the tribe may have originated in Northwest Asia. Shaman worship is the religious leader of the tribe, generally female. Religious leaders usually confronted the secular leaders of the tribe (the father of the protagonist in the film) in the early period of clan society. Early paleontological evidence proves that the earliest domestic dogs appeared near the Altai Mountains in Siberia, about 33,000 years ago. The time background introduced in the film is 20,000 years ago, which can be explained as the different origins of domestic dogs.

An 18th century Ewenki shaman wearing an antler headdress

(3) About the most discussed clothing issues in the comments. The characters in the film are actually wearing leather clothing, not textile clothing. Leather jackets can be made as long as the leather is stitched together. In fact, humans have been able to make bone needles enough to sew leather garments 35,000 years ago. The bone needles made by 20,000 years were very delicate and very similar in form to the current needles.

Bone spicules found in southwestern France dating back 12,000 years

(4) The language in the film is a fusion language created by Christine Schreyer of UBC Okanagan College in Canada. Some professionals believe that a large number of its components come from ancient Nostratic, a small amount of ancient Eurasian, and ancient Caucasus. In fact, Nostratic language is considered by linguists to be a huge collection of ancient languages, including Asian-African language family, South Caucasus language family, Dravidian language, and Altaic, Uralic, and modern Indo-European languages. Eurasian language family. But obviously, according to Christine Schreyer's description, her so-called Nostratic language is separated from the Eurasian language family and the Caucasian language family. Therefore, the language in the film can be understood as the integration of the current languages ​​of East, Central, Western Europe, North Asia, Northeast Asia, India, etc., with the languages ​​of other regions in Eurasia (including North Africa).

A simplified diagram of Nostratic language categories on Wikipedia

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  • Ernestina 2022-03-24 09:02:39

    The two stars are all given to the background. The wolf is played by a dog. The primitive people wear very avant-garde clothes, which are more elegant than those of the medieval people. The strange thing is that they can't get a rope to save their son. It doesn't feel like 20,000 years ago at all. At the beginning of the movie, the protagonist grew up in a primitive society, and he never killed an animal. There are too many mistakes, and the details determine success or failure, but even the rough sections of the movie are full of loopholes. Taming a wolf should be very cruel. Have you heard of Biao Ying? It's so fake.

  • Joannie 2022-03-25 09:01:14

    The story is mediocre, the acting of the lead actor is really good, and the emotions of sadness and despair are in place.

Alpha quotes

  • Tau: Pain will journey with us.

  • Tau: Life is for the strong. It is earned, not given.