Imagine being born 10000 years ago where chances that you died before adulthood were significant and even a minor infected cut would likely mean your death, not to mention any more serious injury such as a broken bone 🥰

Don't get me wrong I hate modern wage slavery just as you do but I also appreciate not being dead yet just because I had a rough accident three years ago.

[–] vala@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This is a bit of an exaggeration. There's evidence that prehistoric societies mended broken bones and sometimes even skull fractures.

Average life expectancy stats are pretty skewed by infant mortality rates.

As one example, Otzi the "ice man" had several broken bones early in his life and survived a pretty long time after that.

https://www.iceman.it/en/the-mummy/

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 11 hours ago

Oh no, an exaggeration about one thing when there's so many other things to kill you

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

If you made it to five you'd be fine

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Not really, there's further age tiers.

Childhood, most dangerous by far. Adolescents are safer but still die at high rates. Young adults die often to injuries and infections but generally make it to adulthood, and adults generally make it to seniority but none of it is near-guaranteed like in a modern society.

It's always just probable.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 0 points 11 hours ago

Sure, no guarantees. I have a great grandfather who died in his 30s from an infection from a shaving cut.

The ancient Greeks a couple of generations after agriculture arrived called the tribal past the golden age when gods walked among men. Early English explorers in America called the natives more splendid than an English gentleman in all his finery.

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago

The fuck is this hog wash?

[–] 7empest@beehaw.org 2 points 23 hours ago

That mammoth, sabre tooth or slow human from another tribe isnt going down without a fight.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 0 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No one, 10000 years ago, was only "working" 4 hours a day. This is garbage.

For most humans the fight for survival it was constant and grueling and frequently unsuccessful.. Shelter was hardly a thing. You most likely died by your 30s. Etc.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

It was in between the two extremes. It was like four hours a day on average of active hunting/gathering for some members of a group, others spent like 4 hours a day cooking/making clothes/building shelter. They had extended periods where they were sheltered from the weather, celebrating holidays, etc.

Hell, most animals only spend a limited number of hours per day actively surviving and have a significant amount of time resting or sheltering from weather.

And life expectancy was skewed by infant deaths. Sure, injury and death weren't uncommon in their 30s but that is when humans are at their peak physical condition and most people who survived childhood made it to their 50s even if they had some lifelong injuries.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago

Yeah sounds awesome

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Ehhh… If you don't get killed catching your meal or die from the wound sustained in doing so, sure. I'll take the medicine future, thanks.

[–] myrmidex@slrpnk.net 2 points 20 hours ago

And you'll be needing that medicine to be able to cope.