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Out of the Cradle (2018)
Ardipithecus!
I had not known of ardipithecus before this documentary, awesome to learn about them! I loved seeing them brought to life like that!
Lol ... Antivegan. Way to politicize. Some people just look for things to be offended by.
It's been a little while since I saw this documentary.
I would say that eating meat in and of itself would not trigger an evolutionary change towards bigger brains. People either don't know or forget that acquired traits are not passed on genetically. Even if eating meat as a child triggered larger brain growth (it doesn't), this would not make that child's offspring more likely to have larger brains. That is akin to saying if you lose a finger, your kids will all be born without that finger.
I would also say that AQUIRING that meat could trigger evolutionary change. Perhaps there was a time (like an ice age) where plant based foods were scarce, and these little omnivores were required to hunt, something their brains were not really wired for. Those who were able to figure it out survived while others did not. As time went by, those who were more efficient hunters would have also been more likely to procreate than others because the opposite sex would have found that attractive. These more intelligent individuals would have also been more likely to live long enough to either plant their seed or gestate to term. Put simply, the more intelligent a potential mate appeared, the sexier they were!
Cosmos (2019)
One of the best sci-fi movies ever!
These people really created something special here. This movie sticks with me, and my wife and I are still talking about it weeks later. We're gonna sit down this evening and watch it AGAIN with our daughter. If that is not evidence of a good story, I don't know what is. In a behind the scenes video somewhere on the internet, they mentioned that this movie was created because they needed to show some producers that they could make a film before the producers would provide resources for the film they really wanted to make. I honestly don't see how they are going to be able to top this one though. If this was their "prove themselves" film, I will definitely be looking out for that one in the future.
Bravo.
If you don't require action and you aren't gonna watch a movie just to pick it apart, you will really enjoy this movie. I think some of the poor reviews are from those who want spectacle when they watch a movie with a title like "Cosmos," and the low budget precludes that. Some of the others are from film snobs who watch a film to look for the flaws, then get on the internet to have a platform for them to exhibit their vast intelligence to the world. Sure, the climax felt a little silly at times. They leave behind the super expensive telescope but take all their tripods and cords with them, and they can't start their car after having left the lights on all night. I hope they go back for the telescope! It was fun anyway, and the behind the scenes video shows just how little they had to work with when making this film, which impresses me even more. Personally, I liked that they just used a shining light instead of having some whiz-bang mega ship. I liked that we didn't have the president or the military involved. I liked that we didn't have some heroic protagonist with a cookie cutter backstory running around saving his wife/daughter/girlfriend from falling buildings. The whole point of the movie WAS the three guys sitting in the car all night talking about stuff, not the climax or aliens. Not all films have to follow the same formula. This film exemplifies some of the best science fiction, understated and simple, not the sci-fi ACTION films that most associate with the genre.