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> In reasonably fertile area they can spend ~15 hours per week on food and ~15-20 hours per week on domestic chores. on what you base this one? (from what I r
by matkoniecz 3y ago
> In reasonably fertile area they can spend ~15 hours per week on food and ~15-20 hours per week on domestic chores.
on what you base this one? (from what I remember this time would not be even to even produce clothes - unless it is for area of world where no clothing is needed?)
- nyrikki 3y agoThere is a very large difference not being able to produce clothes and not finding clothing that happens to be preserved. Currently the guesses are 40,000 to 3 million years ago. These people in this article are just as intelligent as modern humans.
- defrost 3y agoThere are rock art painting depicting details on ceremonial costumes that date back 18,000 years BP, so clothing goes back at least that far. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37733157 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37733157
- Retric 3y ago1960’s studies of the Bushmen one of the last remaining hunter gatherer groups had roughly that much time spent working. They really spent quite a lot of time working on hobbies and socializing. Processing animal skins is also a lot faster than weaving. Clothing is ~170,000 years old, weaving is very recent by comparison.