Dan is an overweight, middle-aged history professor who snores loudly and periodically stops breathing during sleep. dan has a condition known as

Dan has sleep apnea ...

Many archeologists and anthropologists disagree with dr. thorne's view.  thorne strongly believes that what many calls "homo erectus"  was in fact  homo sapiens,  and that they migrated out of africa almost 2 million years ago and dispersed throughout europe and asia. that's way different  from what scientists have always believed about the evolution of the species.