How did Humans Survive in The Ice Age ?

In 1983, a hunter caught in a deadly blizzard survived the night by crawling inside his dead horse. It sounds like the famous scene from The Revenant. But our Ice Age ancestors were using animals, fire and clever tricks to survive brutal cold for tens of thousands of years. How did humans survive the Ice Age with no electricity, no metal and no written language? In this animated history documentary we break down the 8 smartest, strangest and most extreme Ice Age survival strategies. Every one is based on real archaeological discoveries: mammoth-bone houses, the first eyed needles, bear-fur clothing, and a controversial theory that early humans may have hibernated like bears. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 The man who slept inside his horse 1:05 How did humans survive the Ice Age? 1:55 #1 Fire: why keeping it mattered more than making it 2:58 #2 Storing food for winter (Qesem Cave) 3:41 #3 Fat as fuel & “rabbit starvation” 4:33 #4 Houses built from mammoth bones (Mezhyrich) 5:43 #5 The eyed needle that changed everything (Denisova Cave) 6:49 Neanderthals vs modern humans: technology or biology? 7:44 #6 Bear furs for warmth (Schöningen) 8:26 #7 Plant bedding & shared sleep (Sibudu Cave) 9:15 #8 Did early humans HIBERNATE? (Sima de los Huesos) 10:39 Back to Richard Daley 11:00 Everything we covered 12:01 Thanks for watching 💬 Which Ice Age survival trick surprised you the most? Tell me in the comments. 🔔 Subscribe for more animated stories of human history and survival. #IceAge #History #Survival #Prehistoric #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #Neanderthals