What Did Ancient Humans Do When They Got Sick?

Fifty thousand years ago there were no doctors, no pharmacies, and no one who had ever heard of a germ. So what happened when you got sick? The skeletons, the dental plaque, and even a frozen man in the Alps tell a very different story from the one most of us picture. In this video we look at a Neanderthal who survived injuries that should have ended his life, a toothless skull nearly two million years old, an orangutan that treated its own wound, and skulls with surgical holes that healed.