Fall Asleep 200,000 Years Ago at Border Cave | Ancient Sleep Story & Campfire Sounds

Sleepy Deep Past is a calm place to explore humanity’s distant past and gently drift off to sleep. This episode takes you to Border Cave in South Africa, through calm narration and carefully researched historical context. Settle in, get comfortable, and journey into humanity’s deep past. Subscribe for more relaxing history for sleep. This sleep story is designed for uninterrupted rest. If mid-roll ads become available for this channel in the future, they will not be intentionally placed during the story. #HistoryForSleep #AncientHumans #Prehistory #BorderCave #SleepyDeepPast Sources / Further Reading Wadley, L. et al. (2020). “Fire and grass-bedding construction 200 thousand years ago at Border Cave, South Africa.” Science, 369(6505), 863–866. Sievers, C., Backwell, L., d’Errico, F., & Wadley, L. (2022). “Plant bedding construction between 60,000 and 40,000 years ago at Border Cave, South Africa.” Quaternary Science Reviews, 275, 107280.