You Work More Than Any Human in History

How Many Hours Did Ancient Humans Actually Work?    • You Work More Than Any Human in History   We work 40 hours a week and call it normal. But for 300,000 years, humans worked almost nothing — and they were healthier, happier, and less stressed than we are today. In this video, we break down exactly how many hours ancient hunter-gatherers actually worked, what they did with the rest of their time, and why modern life made us busier than any human who ever lived. The numbers will surprise you. ✦ How many hours hunter-gatherers really worked each day ✦ What anthropologists found living with the last tribes on Earth ✦ Why farming made humans work MORE, not less ✦ What ancient humans did with all their free time Sources: — Richard Lee, studies on the !Kung Bushmen, 1968 — Marshall Sahlins, "The Original Affluent Society" — James Suzman, "Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time" #ancienthumans #huntergatherer #humanhistory #prehistoric #anthropology #humanevolution #ancienthistory #historyfacts #earlyhumans #evolution