What Did Ancient Humans Do at Night? It Wasn't Just Sleep.

What did ancient humans do at night, after the sun went down and the world turned almost completely dark? Tonight you'll flip a switch without thinking about it. But for most of human history, darkness decided what happened next. In this video, you'll find out how fire changed humans' relationship with the night, and why evening fires may have turned conversation into storytelling. You'll see why a farmer, a soldier, a sailor and a child could have had completely different nights, and what historians really know about "first sleep" and "second sleep." Then you'll learn how artificial light pushed the darkness back, and what we may have lost when we stopped noticing the night sky. If this made you rethink your evenings, hit like, tell us in the comments what you'd do without electric light, and subscribe for more stories about how humans really lived. #AncientHistory #HumanEvolution #HistoryOfSleep