What did humans eat to survive the freezing dead cold — 10,000 BCE

Journey back 60,000 years to discover how our Neanderthal cousins survived the brutal Ice Age through remarkable intelligence and adaptation. This isn't boring history—it's a slow, meditative exploration of ancient survival, told like stories around a campfire.

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Timestamps:

0:00 — Introduction to The First Footsteps and the Ice Age
3:07 — Understanding Neanderthal caloric needs and the brutal reality of constant hunger in Ice Age Europe
11:38 — How Neanderthals hunted massive animals like mammoths using sophisticated strategies and teamwork
16:45 — Hunting medium and small game: deer, rabbits, and the intelligence behind dietary flexibility
23:24 — Coastal foraging, shellfish gathering, and marine resources that provided nutritional stability
30:46 — Plant gathering, medicinal herbs, and sophisticated botanical knowledge for nutrition and healing
40:36 — Mushroom foraging, fungal medicine, and the dangerous knowledge required for safe consumption
49:09 — The darkest chapter: when extreme starvation led to consuming human flesh as last resort
58:50 — How Neanderthals planned and survived the yearly cycle of abundance and scarcity
1:08:33 — Stone tool technology and the sophisticated implements that made food processing possible
1:24:40 — Food sharing, social cooperation, and how communities worked together to survive
1:33:15 — Fire technology, cooking techniques, and how heat transformed nutrition and safety
1:41:30 — The complex mathematics of Ice Age nutrition and meeting all dietary needs
1:49:45 — The mental toll and cultural adaptations for surviving cycles of plenty and starvation
1:58:10 — Seasonal migrations following animal herds across vast territories for survival
2:06:35 — The spiritual and cultural significance of food in Neanderthal society
2:14:50 — How essential survival knowledge was passed down to children through education
2:23:25 — The final decline of Neanderthal populations and the end of their survival strategies
2:30:30 — Neanderthal achievements and what their story teaches us today

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From hunting massive mammoths to foraging coastal treasures, from processing medicinal plants to the unthinkable choices of extreme starvation, explore the sophisticated food strategies that sustained human consciousness through Earth's most challenging era.

Dim your lights, settle in, and let this 2.5-hour deep dive into Ice Age survival become your new bedtime ritual. Whether you're looking for stories for sleep, history podcast sleep content, or just want to fall asleep to history, this anthropology documentary transforms ancient human struggles into peaceful, contemplative storytelling.

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