Arns takes a good look in the mirror alongside young adult fantasy series A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas. Nins digs through the importance of a neanderthal skeleton known as Shanidar 1.

0:00 - Intro
5:14 - Arns: ACOTAR
36:06 - Nins: Shanidar 1
56:00 - Outro

Referenced in this episode:

• A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
• A Court of Wings and Ruin (ACOTAR #3) by Sarah J. Maas
• @oddpride on TikTok: "Neanderthal Shanidar 1: Love Without Reason" 
• @oddpride on TikTok: "Shanidar 1 Fossil Mystery: Why Is It Gone?"
• oddpride website
• Smithsonian Institute’s website on human origins
• Lietava, Ján (1988). "A Differential Diagnostics of the Right Shoulder Girdle Deformity in the Shanidar I Neanderthal". Anthropologie. 26 (3): 183–196. JSTOR 44602496

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