What Did Time Feel Like To Cavemen?

Tonight, a year will slip by faster than the one before it. And next year? Faster still. It feels like time is quietly accelerating—but your calendar hasn't changed at all. So what's really speeding up? The answer isn't in the clock. It's buried deep in your brain, in the same ancient wiring our cave-dwelling ancestors used to track seasons, hunts, and the endless cycle of day and night. Once you understand it, you'll never experience time the same way again. In this video, we explore why time feels faster as you age: *The Novelty Engine:* Why childhood summers felt endless—and why your brain stretches time when everything is new. *Routine and the Vanishing Year:* How repetition compresses weeks into a blur and quietly erases your memories of them. *The Proportional Theory:* Why one year feels enormous to a child and tiny to an adult, explained by simple math your mind does without asking. *The Caveman's Clock:* How our ancestors measured time by firelight and survival—and why that primal sense of time still shapes you today. If you've ever wondered where the years went, the truth might be stranger and more beautiful than you think. Let me know in the comments: what's the fastest a year has ever felt to you? SOURCES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Wittmann, M., 2009. "The inner experience of time." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 364: 1955-1967. Friedman, W.J., & Janssen, S.M.J., 2010. "Aging and the speed of time." Acta Psychologica, 134(2): 130-141. Draaisma, D., 2004. "Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older." Cambridge University Press. #humanevolution #neuroscience #psychology #ancienthumans #science #timeperception #brain #anthropology