Human Ancestors Were Homemakers

Live Science ^ | Dec 17, 2009 | Clara Moskowitz

[null and void]

But when did they start worrying about window treatments?

With the first homo Homo?

[Monkey Face]

Ah. So now I can sing, “Locked in the Stable With The Sheep?” Kool.

[Dusty Road]

[The impulse is deep within us, even absent logical considerations.]

We are survivors!

[colorado tanker]

I suspect this was a luxury dwelling or a leader’s house. There are still places in the Third World today where one family lives in one room.

[TigersEye]

Before now, the only concrete proof for divided living spaces dated back to only 100,000 years ago.

Ants build a bunch of chambers for different uses in their burrows.

[bert]

My buddies and I lived in ours nearly the whole summer when I was 14. His mother knew I liked her biscuits and she would leave one on the porch for me to pick up on the way home.

[Erasmus]

Why am I getting a picture of Bob, the Happy Caveman here?

[paulycy]

No fire in bed. How long did that take to figure out?

Somehow there is a Mel Brooks skit in there.

"Now you tell me, wise guy!"

[SunkenCiv]

Scientists aren't sure exactly who lived there, but it predates the appearance of modern humans, so it was likely a human ancestor such as Homo erectus.

Maybe, or they lived in something like the longhouses of various people around the world. :') 800,000 year old postholes were found in a dig in China, and tools of that age were found on Flores Island -- same age as this find. Pretty cool.

[marsh2]

prairie (sod house) pioneers used part of the house as a barn. Kept everyone warm and safe at night.