No Alarm, No Boss: A Day in the Life 50,000 Years Ago

Hunter-gatherers spent about 15 to 20 hours a week getting food. So what did they do with the rest of their time? Follow a full day of ancient human life, from dawn to the middle of the night, and see how farming took that free time away. 📚 RESEARCH & SOURCES: ▸ Richard Lee's work-hours study — "What Hunters Do for a Living, or, How to Make Out on Scarce Resources" (1968, in Man the Hunter, Aldine Publishing). Lee's fieldwork with the Ju/'hoansi beginning in 1963 recorded roughly 17 hours a week spent acquiring food. #ancienthumans #huntergatherer #prehistory #humanhistory #archaeology #stoneage #anthropology #history #explainer #animation #education #paleolithic #farming #freetime #kalahari #survival