Comment Comment by rladd Hunter-gatherers actually worked even less: about 1 1/2 to 3 hours a dayAs discussed in Stone Age Economics by Sahlins:https://archive.org/details/StoneAgeEconomics_201611https://bigthink.com/big-think-books/vicki-robin-joe-domingu...The biblical expulsion from the Eden of gathering fruit to the toil of agriculture also makes that point. parent rladd 5 years ago
As discussed in Stone Age Economics by Sahlins:
https://archive.org/details/StoneAgeEconomics_201611
https://bigthink.com/big-think-books/vicki-robin-joe-domingu...
The biblical expulsion from the Eden of gathering fruit to the toil of agriculture also makes that point.