How many hours per week do people used to work during prehistory?

Answer 1

They worked from sun up to sun down. It wasn't until the industrial revolution that people started to work hours, shifts, and had weekends. If it took six months to make a pair of shoes that's what it took, if it took 2 years to build a boat that's what it took. Ninety percent of the world was farming so work was every day, all day until it was dark. There were no "vacations" and very few holidays. People had to eat and to survive meant that they worked as long as it was light out.