How Did Ancient Humans Survive The Night?

You are lying on the ground 100,000 years ago. The sun is gone. And everything that kept you alive during the day is disappearing. No blanket. No walls. No locked door. Something moves in the grass. The fire gets smaller. A baby starts crying. And after all of that, your body asks you to do the most dangerous thing imaginable. Sleep. So how are you still here? This is the story of how ancient humans survived the most dangerous part of every day for hundreds of thousands of years. The four weapons that made the night human: fire, broken sleep, knowing where not to sleep, and the group. And the real weapon — story — that turned the most dangerous part of the day into one of the most human parts of the day. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Lying on the Ground 100,000 Years Ago 0:46 What the Night Took From Us 1:13 Predators Built for Your Worst Hours 1:57 The First Weapon: Fire 2:46 The Second Weapon: Broken Sleep 3:53 The Third Weapon: Knowing Where Not to Sleep 4:54 The Fourth Weapon: The Group 5:39 The Real Weapon: Story 6:38 What Ancient Humans Did All Night 7:29 The Modern Parallel 🔔 Subscribe for more videos on how ancient humans lived. #AncientHumans #Anthropology #Paleolithic #Survival #Evolution #HumanHistory #HunterGatherer #PrehistoricLife