Skip to content
TrackPodcasts
educationJan 23, 202613:27pending

We Are Smarter Than Ancient People But We Lost Superpowers

Bright Side

About this episode

Back in the day, our ancestors had some seriously cool superpowers, but they gradually disappeared because, well, evolution's a thing. Take hibernation sleep, for example—not as flashy as flying, but imagine snoozing through winter and waking up when it's all warm again, no biggie. Scientists reckon our ancient relatives, like way before humans were a thing, might've been snoozing champs to survive. Some fossils suggest they lacked Vitamin D and fat reserves, hinting at a possible hibernation state. And hey, remember how our ancestors had super-strong teeth? Turns out, munching on tough stuff kept 'em healthy, but then we discovered sugar and, well, you know the rest. #brightside Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD... Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook:   / brightside   Instagram:   / brightside.official   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.of... Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get every episode summarized

Each time Bright Side publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.

Email me new episodes

Free for 3 shows. No card needed.

Hosts & guests

No transcript yet

This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.

We Are Smarter Than Ancient People But We Lost Superpowers

Bright Side

0:00
13:27

More episodes

More from Bright Side

View all episodes →