I found this neat older paper that looks at hunter-gather men from a tribe and what activities they performed. Kim Hill and company studied the Ache hunter-gatherers of Paraguay for this research paper. The men's activities were recorded every ten minutes to see exactly what physical patterns they were engaging in.
What immediately jumps out is the large amount of walking that they did. Roughly four and a half hours per day were spent just walking about looking for food. Another roughly two hours were spent in the more intense, direct pursuit of game. The rest of the day was spent among various activities.
No one knows for sure how hunter-gatherer men from millions of years ago spent their day. But if the Ache tribe is any representation, they appeared to do a large amount of walking.
I am a big fan of walking - I think it is terribly underrated. This is probably because it's hard for businesses to make money off it. All you need to walk is some comfortable shoes and maybe a treadmill if you're in a colder climate. And if you walk enough (an hour a day), you will lose weight.
I found this neat older paper that looks at hunter-gather men from a tribe and what activities they performed. Kim Hill and company studied the Ache hunter-gatherers of Paraguay for this research paper. The men's activities were recorded every ten minutes to see exactly what physical patterns they were engaging in.
What immediately jumps out is the large amount of walking that they did. Roughly four and a half hours per day were spent just walking about looking for food. Another roughly two hours were spent in the more intense, direct pursuit of game. The rest of the day was spent among various activities.
No one knows for sure how hunter-gatherer men from millions of years ago spent their day. But if the Ache tribe is any representation, they appeared to do a large amount of walking.
I am a big fan of walking - I think it is terribly underrated. This is probably because it's hard for businesses to make money off it. All you need to walk is some comfortable shoes and maybe a treadmill if you're in a colder climate. And if you walk enough (an hour a day), you will lose weight.