Monday, April 22, 2024

Did cavemen have sleep apnea?

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Sometimes I wonder how the human race has survived?  Did Grandpa Neanderthal have sleep apnea? Was Grannie Australopithecus bedridden with morbid obesity?
Was there a massive outbreak of autism that crippled entire generations and that can be traced to our DNA origins? Did it all start in a small cave in Somalia where the inhabitants had COPD from breathing the smoke from the fire?
Did Knuckle-Dragger Bob need a "BetterBrella" when he got out of his cave to thwart those devilish raindrops?
What about those meals that get delivered to your apartment in a box and have all the ingredients and instructions therein? Do you believe RockTwilla over in Cave 3 sent smoke signals to get her box of food? No wonder you are stuck in an apartment! Here's a hint, learn to buy and cook your own grub and save a fortune so you can eventually pay for a home mortgage and get out of mom's basement.
Is our world getting lazier and more prone to exotic diseases, conditions and mental infirmities? I am sure it is and that spells disaster for the species. Think about how many of us will die once Netflix goes out of business? What happens to our youth when Grand Theft Auto games are a thing of the past? (Hint - it already is).
Back then, Leather-Tooth Boulderboy could masticate horsehide with the best of them. He didn't need to buy SlimJims to snap his life alive.
Sam the Sapien, Earnest Erectus, Rudy Rudolfensis, Heidi Heidelbergensis and Abby Abilis are not household names as they all suffered from various anti-social behaviors patterns which kept them   
knitting tunics and tending the home fires while the less hairy, more sociable ancestors hung out at the ApeMans Legion (or was that the Odd Simians)?
Did they gripe that there were no pulltabs back then or barfood besides the usual lizard fries? No pickled triceratops-knuckles or salted-saber tooth lips. I do believe, however, that most cave lounges back then had a SuperBrawl pool for the annual shirts versus skins club-a-thon. A bloody, but necessary tradition where the stags are culled by each other's compassionate brutality to protect the greater number from over-breeding and inbreeding.
Cavemen did emphatically not have sleep apnea as they never slept more than a cat nap at a time in order to survive. If they snored the rest of the tribe would make the guilty party sleep outside with the Wooly Mammoths who had a habit of sleep-grazing, stepping on anybody in their way.
Despite all of the cave people survival issues not found in today's species, I did discover one major item similar to what a modern man goes through: Reptile Dysfunction.
Back then RD meant your pet turtle has lost its snap.
Time for barbecued "Order of Testudines." On a chilly day, they had Tortoise Soup with real oyster crackers on the side. Those are fried oysters, flattened and spiced with powdered dung of cave mouse. No wonder they survived through the millennia - no "fu-fu" diet had they.

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