Ancient Humans Worked Less Than You. Here's Proof

No alarm, no phone, no boss. So what did ancient humans actually do all day? Scientists followed hunter-gatherers with trackers, notebooks and stopwatches. The answers: lots of walking, long rests in the shade, the myth of the four-hour work week, why farmers ended up working more, and the nightly fireside stories that took up most of the evening talk. 0:00 No alarm, no phone, no boss 0:24 The morning 0:51 How far they walked 1:21 The midday rest 1:52 The 4-hour work week myth 2:31 Farmers worked more 2:56 Free time 3:21 Stories by the fire 3:59 A day 30,000 years ago Sources: Pontzer et al. (2012), PLoS ONE — Hadza energy expenditure and daily walking Raichlen et al. (2020), PNAS — sitting and rest postures among the Hadza Lee (1968) and Sahlins (1972) — "the original affluent society" Dyble et al. (2019), Nature Human Behaviour — leisure among Agta foragers and farmers Wiessner (2014), PNAS — day and night conversation among the Ju/'hoansi Conard et al. (2009), Nature — 40,000-year-old bone flutes #AncientHumans #Prehistory #HumanEvolution