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Silver Screen Science - One Million Years B.C. (1966)

April 23, 2026 · 1 h 20 min

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Silver Screen Science is our series where we explore science on the big screen and beyond. This year, we’re taking a tour through cinematic history with Old School Dinosaurs!

This episode, we visit a classic of mid-century caveman-versus-dinosaur cinema, with One Million Years B.C.

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The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.

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