What Did Ancient Humans Do For Pleasure?

What did ancient humans do for pleasure before civilization? We think of early humans as starving survivors who only worked, ate and slept. That is a dangerous misunderstanding. In this video we break down what prehistoric humans actually did for fun in life before civilization. From 40,000 year old bone flutes and dance around the fire, to wrestling, games, storytelling, cave art, toys, feasting and laughter, hunter gatherer lifestyle included far more play than work. We look at Neanderthals, early humans and hunter gatherers, and what human evolution tells us about music, play and joy. If you searched what did ancient humans do all day, what did ancient humans actually do all day, or what did ancient humans do at night, this is the pleasure side of that story. 00:00 What Did Ancient Humans Do For Fun? The Truth Will Surprise You 00:51 Do You Have More Free Time Than a Hunter-Gatherer? 01:14 How Ancient Humans Made Music 40,000 Years Ago 02:06 Why Music Was Survival Technology for Early Humans 02:37 How Ancient Humans Danced for Fun and Learned to Hunt 03:33 Prehistoric Games With Rules, Winners and Losers 05:29 Storytelling at Night - How Ancient Humans Had Fun Without Technology 06:45 Cave Art for Pleasure - Why Ancient Humans Painted in the Dark 07:48 What Neanderthals Did for Fun and Pleasure 08:47 Stone Age Humor - Jokes, Roasts and Laughter as Social Control 09:15 Flirting, Romance and Feasting in the Hunter Gatherer Lifestyle 10:20 What Stone Age Kids Did for Fun 10:51 Dogs in Prehistory - Pets, Play and Love 11:29 The Original Affluent Society - Why Ancient Humans Worked Less 12:40 Do You Have More Free Time Than a Hunter-Gatherer? Final Verdict StickStory explains ancient history and human evolution in short, blunt answers. No dry documentaries, just straight answers. #ancienthumans #humanevolution #prehistoric