What Did Ancient Humans Actually Do All Day?

#ancienthumans #kalahari #archeology What did ancient humans actually do all day? Follow one stickman through a hunter-gatherer day, from waking by the fire to sleeping under the stars, based on real research from archaeology and anthropology. Modern hunter-gatherers aren't time machines, and every group is different, but their daily lives give us some of the best clues we have. 📚 SOURCES 📚 Sleep in three pre-industrial societies (Hadza, San, Tsimane) - Yetish et al., Current Biology, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.09... Night-time vigilance among the Hadza - Samson et al., Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0967 Hadza walking and landscape use (GPS study) - Wood et al., Nature Human Behaviour, 2021 https://anthro.utah.edu/research/ethn... Hadza physical activity - Raichlen et al., American Journal of Human Biology, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22919 Female hunters of the early Americas - Haas et al., Science Advances, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd0310 Firelight talk among the Ju/'hoansi - Wiessner, PNAS, 2014 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1404212111 Hunter-gatherer work hours - Richard B. Lee, "What Hunters Do for a Living" (1968) and The !Kung San (Cambridge University Press, 1979) The Hadza: Hunter-Gatherers of Tanzania - Frank Marlowe, University of California Press, 2010 Longevity among hunter-gatherers - Gurven & Kaplan, Population and Development Review, 2007 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2... Oldest known bone flutes (Hohle Fels) - Conard et al., Nature, 2009 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08169 Oldest known cave art (Sulawesi, Indonesia) - Brumm et al., Science Advances, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd4648 Ancient bone sewing needle (Denisova Cave) - Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles... This video is an educational overview. Details vary by group, place, and time period. New videos regularly. Sources always linked.