What Did Ancient Humans Actually Do All Week?

#Archaeology #AncientHumans #Survival What Did Ancient Humans Do All Week With No Jobs? Let's discover together why your body still remembers a world without jobs. Every Monday Fear, every 3 a.m. wake-up, it's all a memory of the ancient human day 🤐 0:00 Monday Fear 1:22 Two Hours 2:06 Afternoon Nap 2:48 Tired Sitting 3:44 Restless Hands 4:24 Endless Play 5:02 Night Watch 6:37 First Job ▶ Subscribe for more deep dives into human evolution:    / @edenexplains1   ________________________________________ 📚 RESEARCH & SOURCES: RESEARCH & SOURCES: ▸ Two-hour workday (Hadza): James Woodburn, "Egalitarian Societies," Man (1982). ▸ The original affluent society: Marshall Sahlins, Stone Age Economics (1972). ▸ Sitting vs. walking energy: Herman Pontzer et al., "Hunter-Gatherer Energetics and Human Obesity," PLOS ONE (2012). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.... ▸ Oldest animal painting (Sulawesi pig): Brumm, Aubert et al., Science Advances (2021). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd4648 ▸ Children learn through play: Peter Gray, "Play as a Foundation for Hunter-Gatherer Social Existence," American Journal of Play (2009). ▸ Dunbar's number & gossip: Robin Dunbar, Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language (1996). ▸ The 3 a.m. night watch (Hadza): Samson et al., Proceedings of the Royal Society (2017). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0967 ▸ The first job (Abu Hureyra): Theya Molleson, "The Eloquent Bones of Abu Hureyra," Scientific American (1994). ▸ Farming as the worst mistake: Jared Diamond, "The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race," Discover (1987). ________________________________________ PEOPLE & SITES MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: ▸ Theya Molleson: Bone scientist at the Natural History Museum, London, who read the first farmers' daily grind straight off their toes and knees. ▸ Abu Hureyra: Village on the Euphrates in Syria, one of the earliest places on Earth where people switched from hunting to farming; now under a reservoir. ▸ James Woodburn: Anthropologist who lived with the Hadza and named "immediate return": eat today, find more tomorrow, store nothing. ▸ Marshall Sahlins: Anthropologist who called hunter-gatherers "the original affluent society." ▸ Maxime Aubert and Adam Brumm: Archaeologists who dated the Sulawesi pig painting, the oldest known animal picture on Earth. ▸ Peter Gray: Psychologist who showed that hunter-gatherer children learn everything through free play. ▸ Robin Dunbar: Scientist behind "Dunbar's number" and the idea that gossip is the human version of grooming. ▸ David Samson: Sleep scientist who found the Hadza's built-in night watch. ▸ Jared Diamond: Scientist and author who called farming humanity's worst mistake. ▸ The Hadza: Hunter-gatherers of northern Tanzania, the most studied group for how a day without jobs actually looks. ———————————————————— 🎨 Animation by Eden Explains ———————————————————— Topics covered: Ancient humans, hunter-gatherers, life without jobs, the Hadza, immediate return, two-hour workday, the original affluent society, why we feel tired from sitting, afternoon nap, cave art, Sulawesi pig painting, why kids need play, Dunbar's number, why you wake at 3 a.m., the first farmers, Abu Hureyra, the worst mistake in human history, evolutionary psychology, why Mondays feel bad #AncientHumans #HunterGatherer #Prehistory #AncientHumans #HumanHistory #FreeTime #Anthropology #Archaeology #Paleolithic #StoneAge #Survival #Farming #Kalahari #History #Education #Explainer #Animation