This month, baby got back. Anna brings some real butt-science to the table and explains why we’ve got that junk in the trunk to begin with, while Amber backs that thing up right into the third millennium BCE and a story of a thirst-trap stele and the art historian that cannot get enough of it. We talk about Classical Butt Stuff, and ponder the enduring, universal truth of humanity that the human butt and butt-adjacent (abutting?) material has always been funny.
Why Do Some Men Have Such Big Butts? (Vice)
The morphology of the gluteus maximus during human evolution: Prerequisite or consequence of the upright bipedal posture? (Human Evolution)
The human gluteus maximus and its role in running (Journal of Experimental Biology)
Neanderthal Legs and Feet—Suited to Sprinting (SAPIENS)
Activity and functions of the human gluteal muscles in walking, running, sprinting, and climbing. (American Journal of Physical Anthropology)
Sex, Rhetoric, And The Public Monument: The Alluring Body Of Naram-Sîn Of Agade (On the Art of the Ancient Near East Volume II)
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin (unf.)
The evolution and functions of laughter and humor: a synthetic approach. (The Quarterly Review of Biology)
World's oldest joke traced back to 1900 BC (Reuters)
The Warren Cup (The British Museum)
Episode 36: The Warren Cup (BBC’s History of the World)
The Warren Cup: Highlighting Hidden Histories (International Journal of Art & Design Education)
Caveat Emptor: The Warren Cup, a piece of mimetic craftsmanship around 1900? (Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues)
Ancient Pleasures, Modern Spice (Erenow)
The Dark Side of Aphrodite: The Getty’s New Aphrodite Show Features Collection of Famous Pederast (Chasing Aphrodite)
