Why Did Ancient Humans Keep This Injured Neanderthal Alive?

Fifty thousand years ago, a Neanderthal in a cave in Iraq was blind in one eye, partly deaf, with a withered arm and a damaged leg. In the Ice Age, any one of those injuries should have been fatal. Yet his bones show he lived for years. So who kept him alive? In this video, we follow the 1957 dig at Shanidar Cave, count up his injuries, hear the skeptics out, and ask what his story says about us. Subscribe for a new look at everyday life in the ancient world every week. Next up: how ancient humans cooked without pots.