How Ancient Humans Occupied Their Time

Axen explained, viastick-figure animation,how ancient humans occupied their time, noting that pre-agricultural society worked half as much as post-agricultural society. According to archeologists, these hunter-gatherers were found to also have better physcial health due to the amount of free time they had available.

Anthropologists studying modern hunter-gatherer societies have found something shocking: adults spent only 15-20 hours per week on survival activities. The rest of the time? They did whatever they wanted. And the archaeological evidence backs this up-skeletal remains show hunter-gatherers were healthier, taller, and stronger than early farmers who came after them.

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