Comment on Lion-manparentComments−chmod77511dThe idea that our hunter-gatherer ancestors were running around 16 hours a day with no downtime is a fantasy to begin with. They had more leisure time than early farmers and many Americans[1][1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0614-6−godwinson__4-811dJust as animals in the wild - especially other apex predators - spend a lot of time sleeping/lounging. A famous example - the lion.−phainopepla210dNot a great example. All felines sleep a lot, it's part of their physiology. It has no bearing on pre-historic humans.
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The idea that our hunter-gatherer ancestors were running around 16 hours a day with no downtime is a fantasy to begin with. They had more leisure time than early farmers and many Americans[1]
[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0614-6
Just as animals in the wild - especially other apex predators - spend a lot of time sleeping/lounging. A famous example - the lion.
Not a great example. All felines sleep a lot, it's part of their physiology. It has no bearing on pre-historic humans.