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From the Vault: Baby Jesus and the Homunculus

From the Vault: Baby Jesus and the Homunculus

FromStuff To Blow Your Mind


From the Vault: Baby Jesus and the Homunculus

FromStuff To Blow Your Mind

ratings:
Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Dec 15, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We’ve all marveled at the grotesque, oddly-proportioned old man babies in medieval art -- but why did artists of the period pain such creatures? In this special Christmas episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick explore the convergence of the homunculus theory of human reproduction, the nativity and the infants of medieval and renaissance art. (Originally published Dec. 21, 2017) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Released:
Dec 15, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Deep in the back of your mind, you’ve always had the feeling that there’s something strange about reality. There is. Join Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick as they examine neurological quandaries, cosmic mysteries, evolutionary marvels and our transhuman future.