How Did Ancient Humans Survive Winter?

You wake up and you can't feel your feet. It's 30,000 BC, and winter is just getting started. We're taught that ancient humans just "toughed out" winter in a cave with some fur and a fire. That story is almost completely wrong. They didn't survive the cold because they were tougher than us — they survived because they were smarter than the story we tell about them. In this video we look at how ancient humans actually beat winter: the eyed needle that opened up a third of the planet, the engineered hearths, the mammoth bone houses, the food storage, and the one technology that mattered most of all — each other. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 You wake up and can't feel your feet 1:05 The real problem: 5,000 calories a day 2:20 The needle that changed everything 4:05 Fire was an engineering problem 5:40 Winter is a scheduling problem 7:50 The real technology: other people 9:50 Sunghir: what they did that makes no sense If you enjoyed this, subscribe — a new look at the deep human past every week. #ancienthumans #prehistory #iceage #history #humanevolution