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** The Shell Tribe make stone-tipped spears. The oldest known spear dates to 500,000 years ago and stone-tipped spears weren't invented until 400,000 years ago.

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** The Shell Tribe make stone-tipped spears. The oldest known spear dates to 500,000 600,000 years ago and stone-tipped spears weren't invented until 400,000 500,000 years ago.
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** The Shell Tribe make stone-tipped spears. The oldest known spear dates to 400,000 years ago and stone-tipped spears weren't invented until 500,000 years ago.

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** The Shell Tribe make stone-tipped spears. The oldest known spear dates to 400,000 500,000 years ago and stone-tipped spears weren't invented until 500,000 400,000 years ago.
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''One Million BC'' is a 1940 American film produced by Hal Roach Studios. It follows the story of Tumak, an exiled member of the savage Rock Tribe who meets and falls in love with Loana, a member of the more civilized Shell Tribe.

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''One Million BC'' is a 1940 American film produced by Hal Roach Studios. It follows the story of Tumak, Tumak (Creator/VictorMature), an exiled member of the savage Rock Tribe who meets and falls in love with Loana, Loana (Carole Landis), a member of the more civilized Shell Tribe.
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* OneMillionBC: The TropeNamer but [[UnbuiltTrope a surprisingly mild example compared to later works]]. Most of the animals that are shown or mentioned were actually around one million years ago with the odd dinosaur being the obvious exception.
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Though not as well-remembered as [[Film/OneMillionYearsBC its remake]] these days, ''One Million BC'' was a commercial success and was nominated for two Academy Awards for its special effects and music score. It's legacy cannot be understated and you may well have seen clips from it if you have watched any other black and white movies with {{Slurpasaur}} sightings. Footage from the movie went into a stock footage library and was used by many studios who wanted to save money on dinosaurs.

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Though not as well-remembered as [[Film/OneMillionYearsBC its remake]] these days, ''One Million BC'' was a commercial success and was nominated for two Academy Awards for its special effects and music score. It's Its legacy cannot be understated and you may well have seen clips from it if you have watched any other black and white movies with {{Slurpasaur}} sightings. Footage from the movie went into a stock footage library and was used by many studios who wanted to save money on dinosaurs.
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* {{Slurpasaur}}: Not only of the giant lizard variety but also a pig in a Triceratops costume, an elephant in a mammoth costume, Brahman cattle dressed up like muskoxen, a six-banded armadillo with fake horns and a giant coati.
* StockDinosaurs: Triceratops and Allosaurus both make appearances.

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* {{Slurpasaur}}: Not only of the giant lizard variety but also a pig in a Triceratops costume, an elephant in a mammoth costume, Brahman cattle dressed up like muskoxen, a six-banded armadillo with fake horns and a giant coati.
* StockDinosaurs: Triceratops and Allosaurus both make appearances.
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* NubileSavage: Loana is a classic example but she predates the invention of the [[FurBikini bikini]] swimsuit so she wears more clothing than her successors.

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* NubileSavage: Loana is a classic example but she predates the invention of the [[FurBikini bikini]] swimsuit so she wears more clothing than her cinematic successors.
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The film is now in public domain and can be viewed [[https://archive.org/details/OneMillion here]].

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The film is now in public domain and can be viewed [[https://archive.org/details/OneMillion here]]. Fair warning that it's basically a reptile snuff film.
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** The Shell Tribe make stone-tipped spears. The humans of the time used spears of sharpened wood.

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** The Shell Tribe make stone-tipped spears. The humans of the time used oldest known spear dates to 400,000 years ago and stone-tipped spears of sharpened wood.weren't invented until 500,000 years ago.

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* AnachronismStew: Not just the [[AnachronisticAnimal dinosaurs]] but the the human material culture as well. The Shell Tribe make stone-tipped spears and both tribes wear animal skin clothing and jewelry. None of these things had been invented one million years ago. The humans of the time used spears of sharpened wood and had not yet moved into areas cold enough to require clothing.

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* AnachronismStew: Not just the [[AnachronisticAnimal dinosaurs]] but the the human material culture as well.
** Akhoba hunts with two dogs on a leash. The close relationship between humans and canines likely didn't begin until closer to 30,000 years ago.
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The Shell Tribe make stone-tipped spears and both tribes wear animal skin clothing and jewelry. None of these things had been invented one million years ago. spears. The humans of the time used spears of sharpened wood and had not yet moved into areas cold enough wood.
** Both tribes wear jewellery which wasn't invented until around 115,000 years ago.
** Both tribes also wear extensive clothing which likely developed around 107,000 years ago, based on the speciation of human body lice which are adapted for clinging
to require clothing.clothing.
** There is no evidence of cave painting prior to 40,000 years ago.
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* AnachronismStew: Not just the[[AnachronisticAnimal dinosaurs]] but the the human material culture as well. The Shell Tribe make stone-tipped spears and both tribes wear animal skin clothing and jewelry. None of these things had been invented one million years ago. The humans of the time used spears of sharpened wood and had not yet moved into areas cold enough to require clothing.

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* AnachronismStew: Not just the[[AnachronisticAnimal the [[AnachronisticAnimal dinosaurs]] but the the human material culture as well. The Shell Tribe make stone-tipped spears and both tribes wear animal skin clothing and jewelry. None of these things had been invented one million years ago. The humans of the time used spears of sharpened wood and had not yet moved into areas cold enough to require clothing.
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* AnachronismStew: Not just in the form of AnachronisticAnimals but with the human cultures as well. The Shell Tribe make stone-tipped spears and both tribes wear animal skin clothing and jewelry. None of these things had been invented one million years ago. The humans of the time used spears of sharpened wood and had not yet moved into areas cold enough to require clothing.
* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: [[ValuesDissonance Horrifically averted]]. The amount of onscreen animal bloodshed could give ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' a run for its money.

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* AnachronismStew: Not just in the[[AnachronisticAnimal dinosaurs]] but the form of AnachronisticAnimals but with the human cultures material culture as well. The Shell Tribe make stone-tipped spears and both tribes wear animal skin clothing and jewelry. None of these things had been invented one million years ago. The humans of the time used spears of sharpened wood and had not yet moved into areas cold enough to require clothing.
* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: [[ValuesDissonance Horrifically averted]].averted. The amount of onscreen animal bloodshed could give ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' a run for its money.
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[[caption-width-right:254:The original!]]

The black and white one. The one without Creator/RaquelWelch in a FurBikini.

''One Million BC'' is a 1940 American film produced by Hal Roach Studios. It follows the story of Tumak, an exiled member of the savage Rock Tribe who meets and falls in love with Loana, a member of the more civilized Shell Tribe.

Though not as well-remembered as [[Film/OneMillionYearsBC its remake]] these days, ''One Million BC'' was a commercial success and was nominated for two Academy Awards for its special effects and music score. It's legacy cannot be understated and you may well have seen clips from it if you have watched any other black and white movies with {{Slurpasaur}} sightings. Footage from the movie went into a stock footage library and was used by many studios who wanted to save money on dinosaurs.

The film is now in public domain and can be viewed [[https://archive.org/details/OneMillion here]].
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* AnachronismStew: Not just in the form of AnachronisticAnimals but with the human cultures as well. The Shell Tribe make stone-tipped spears and both tribes wear animal skin clothing and jewelry. None of these things had been invented one million years ago. The humans of the time used spears of sharpened wood and had not yet moved into areas cold enough to require clothing.
* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: [[ValuesDissonance Horrifically averted]]. The amount of onscreen animal bloodshed could give ''Film/CannibalHolocaust'' a run for its money.
* NubileSavage: Loana is a classic example but she predates the invention of the [[FurBikini bikini]] swimsuit so she wears more clothing than her successors.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The opening narration makes brief mention of sabre-toothed tigers hunting giant deer but neither animal appears onscreen, sadly.
* OneMillionBC: The TropeNamer but [[UnbuiltTrope a surprisingly mild example compared to later works]]. Most of the animals that are shown or mentioned were actually around one million years ago with the odd dinosaur being the obvious exception.
* {{Slurpasaur}}: Not only of the giant lizard variety but also a pig in a Triceratops costume, an elephant in a mammoth costume, Brahman cattle dressed up like muskoxen, a six-banded armadillo with fake horns and a giant coati.
* StockDinosaurs: Triceratops and Allosaurus both make appearances.

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