Letters at 3AM: 3% Neanderthal

Our DNA has seen it all before – and survived

"...That's me: 3% of my DNA is Neanderthal. Higher than the norm for Eurasian descendants. Wikipedia quips..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

The Croods

Animated cave dwellers are stealth charmers.

"...to stay alive after the elements have claimed their Neanderthal neighbors. Dad Grug (voiced by Cage) is a nervous..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Full Contact

"...underage boy-toys, this odd triumvirate also includes a Mohican Neanderthal and the ironically named Virgin, a creepy moll so..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Post-Neanderthal Diet

The Post-Neanderthal Diet is a slight but enjoyable satire of quick-fix culture by Hans Frank (of Lonely Highway), in which guru Nubby Farnsworth Jr., a chain-smoking huckster who seems to have taken a swim in an oil leak, promises to improve your life with bizarre insights and a gag-inducing fruit-and-raw-meat smoothie.

"...The Post-Neanderthal Diet: Salvation in a Raw Meat SmoothieBlue Theater,..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Review by Sarah Hepola

Fleming’s Filets of Fall: Three Steaks to the Win

That steakhouse in the Domain sizzles up some savory satisfaction

"...too harsh of a phrase. That’s more what a Neanderthal would’ve done with a hunk of meat, back in..."

Sept. 27, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Seven Skeletons of Lydia Pyne

The local science historian debuts her new book about famous fossil hominids

"...the Taung Child, and the Piltdown Man. Also: the Neanderthal of La Chapelle, Peking Man, Australo­pith­e­cus sediba, and the..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Eugenic Circus Comes to Town

A Downtown hotel is hosting a natalist, eugenics-aligned conference in December. Why Austin?

"...modern humans who do reach a lot of the Neanderthal metrics."..."

Nov. 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Recommended: The Hominids

Seven Skeletons' Lydia Pyne cites Robert J. Sawyer's The Hominids as a fiction book that gets Neanderthals right

"..."It's the first book in his Neanderthal Parallax trilogy," Pyne told us. "It's set in a..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Luv Doc: Not Cool

It’s risky business for a man to comment on a woman’s physicality in any way

"...into her cleavage and start motorboating her like a neanderthal. I don’t even have a clear sense of what..."

April 25, 2014 Column by The Luv Doc

The Bounty Hunter

In this romantic comedy, Gerard Butler is a bounty hunter charged with capturing his ex-wife, played by Jennifer Aniston.

"...modern CGI-movie era; the problem here is that Butler's Neanderthal makes Fred Flintstone seem like Cary Grant in His..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Ham for This Season

Hans Frank's political drama is timely fare for election time

"...years, have brought you Lonely Highway, Spy From Mars, Post-Neanderthal Diet, and The Armageddon Telethon...."

Sept. 3, 2004 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Gigli

"...Y’know, Larry – the uneducated, passive-aggressive thug with a Neanderthal’s philosophy on equality of the sexes. One wonders when..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Replacements

"...Fujimoto), even for someone as completely disinterested in that Neanderthal sport as this reviewer. The Replacements is as obvious..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Shooting Star

"...had previously gone under the moniker of the Royal Neanderthal Orchestra, is now the Meat Puppets. "My brother is..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by David Holthouse

The Truth Will Set You Free

"...Sahm enlisted local bassist Andrew Duplantis, and the Royal Neanderthal Orchestra, which made its debut at South by Southwest..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...ROYAL NEANDERTHAL ORCHESTRA: After nearly a year of woodshedding, these ARC..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Speed 2: Cruise Control

"...into their histrionic embrace; he thankfully eschews the high-gloss, Neanderthal touch of Jerry Bruckheimer and Company in favor of..."

June 13, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

311 Story in Error

"...long way in making those people into rednecks and Neanderthals who can't figure 15 percent. A tip is a..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Column

Frankie Starlight

"...ways. And despite Dillon's ridiculous Texas accent, his sexy Neanderthal qualities make him an appealing if misguided Prince Charming...."

April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Sidekicks

"...an over-amped, Steroidian karate instructor with a penchant for Neanderthal idiocy and serious overacting. Brilliant, even if it is..."

May 7, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dance Review: Ventana Ballet’s UNDEAD: Haunted House of Dances

Ventana makes ballet accessible with an exhilarating Halloween production

"...quirk animalistic and deeply unsettling. It almost awakens a Neanderthal instinct to flee, but instead leaves the viewer frozen,..."

Nov. 1, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Review: Beyond August Productions' God of Carnage

A good play about bad behavior, made even better by a great production

"...moment occurs when his all-business-all-the-time Alan connects with Michael's Neanderthal tendencies and the two form a short-lived alliance. Turner..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, April 29 - May 5

"...one of your past lives, maybe you were a Neanderthal midwife in what's now southern France. In another incarnation,..."

April 29, 2022 Column by Rob Brezsny

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 18-24

"...one of your past lives, maybe you were a Neanderthal midwife in what's now southern France. In another incarnation,..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

The Luv Doc: Getting Over Someone

We're programmed to dream up worst-case scenarios as a survival mechanism

"...I can tell you this, however: The way you..."

May 24, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Texas Book Festival 2017: The Full List

Dan Rather, Jeffrey Eugenides, the Bush sisters, and 291 more

"...The Real McCoys Jeffrey Brown – Lucy & Andy Neanderthal Sheila Chari – Finding Mighty Andrew Clements – The..."

Sept. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Margaret Moser Tribute: Shawn & Shandon Sahm

Beautiful Texas sunshine

"...charge Margaret a quarter to park there. We were Neanderthal crazy hippie kids and we were all trying to..."

June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Letters to the Editor: Classic Cuts

35 years of "keeping it weird"

"...Backwoods Neanderthal,..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Features Feature by Danielle White

Radiohead

"...and Thom Yorke's soaring vocals to shed any remaining Neanderthal rock. Inward and reflective, the LP feels like the..."

Aug. 12, 2016 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

Sideshow Tragedy, Duncan Fellows

"...town? Drummer Jeremy Harrell pounds out a beat both Neanderthal-like and full of finesse. Nathan Singleton, meanwhile, owns what..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Music Review by Tim Stegall

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