What Did Ancient Humans Do When It Rained All Week?

What Did Ancient Humans Do When It Rained All Week? All research and sources are linked below. 📚 RESEARCH & SOURCES: ▸ Hypothermia & wet heat loss — "Thermal conductivity of water vs. air" — a wet body loses heat up to 25× faster than a dry one. Standard wilderness medicine reference. ▸ Qesem Cave, Israel — "Evidence for the repeated use of a central hearth at Middle Pleistocene (300 ky ago) Qesem Cave, Israel" (2014, Journal of Archaeological Science) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.11.015 ▸ Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa — "Microstratigraphic evidence of in situ fire in the Acheulean strata of Wonderwerk Cave" (2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1117620109 ▸ Ötzi the Iceman — "The man in the ice: the discovery of a 5,000-year-old body in the Alps" by Konrad Spindler (1994, Harmony Books). Fire kit contents: tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius), flint, iron pyrite, plant tinder. ▸ Tinder Fungus (Fomes fomentarius) — "Fungal fire starters used by prehistoric and recent peoples" (2005, Mycologist) https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269915X05001023 ▸ Betulin in Birch Bark — Helps it burn even when wet. ▸ Blombos Cave, South Africa — "A 100,000-Year-Old Ochre-Processing Workshop at Blombos Cave" (2011, Science) https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1211535 ▸ Bone needles — "Early bone tools from the Middle Stone Age at Sibudu Cave, South Africa" (2012, Journal of Archaeological Science). Eyed needles found dating to ~61,000 years ago. ▸ Abri du Maras, France — "Direct evidence of Neanderthal fibre technology and its cognitive and behavioral implications" (2020, Scientific Reports) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61839-w ▸ Hohle Fels Cave, Germany — "A 35,000-year-old ivory tool for rope making" (2020, Science Advances) https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba5821 ▸ Sibudu Cave bedding — "Bedding construction and settlement dynamics at Sibudu, South Africa" (2011, Science) https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1213317 ▸ Chauvet Cav