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Re:Why Hunter-Gatherers' Work Was Play by parl_match on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @01:55PM (#38616638)
> constant malnutrition the norm rather than the exception so

it was not an easy life, for sure. but, "constant malnutrition" is also incorrect.

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Re:Why Hunter-Gatherers' Work Was Play by hef19898 on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @02:30PM (#38617124)
That's not what, e.g., tooth and bone samples tell us. Those tell us that everyone from this period, and as far as the early mosern / renessaince period, went through multiple periods of being under nourished, aka suffering hunger, during their lifetimes.
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Re:Why Hunter-Gatherers' Work Was Play by slothtrop on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @02:42PM (#38617283)
> it was not an easy life, for sure.

Then it wasn't play.

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Re:Why Hunter-Gatherers' Work Was Play by parl_match on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @02:46PM (#38617348)
I didn't say it was continual hard times, did I? I just said it wasn't easy.
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