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The hypothesis that hunter-gatherers spent more time getting food does not seem to be supported or accepted in academia. Lots of research out the past few year
by citrablue 8y ago
The hypothesis that hunter-gatherers spent more time getting food does not seem to be supported or accepted in academia. Lots of research out the past few years that indicate the HG lifestyle had much more leisure time than agrarian.
This may be confounded by different lifestyles -- without incentives to create and store surplus, no need to work more. No extra benefit.
I am not an expert, but it seems very unsettled whether HG had more or less time spent at work.