(April 15, 2014 at 10:45 am)Heywood Wrote: Do you think early hunter/gatherers stopped hunting and gathering after 8 hours and took two days off whether or not they found food? Negative Chad...they kept going and going if that is what they needed to do to survive.
There is nothing intrinsically wrong about having to work overtime if that is what is required to sustain your existence.
Quote: Sahlins' argument partly relies on studies undertaken by McCarthy and McArthur in Arnhem Land, and by Richard Lee among the !Kung. These studies show that hunter-gatherers need only work about fifteen to twenty hours a week in order to survive and may devote the rest of their time to leisure.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_...nt_society
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