"Sahlins' argument partly relies on studies undertaken by
McCarthy and
McArthur in
Arnhem Land, and by Richard Lee among the !Kung. These studies show that hunter-gatherers need only work about fifteen to twenty hours a week in order to survive and may devote the rest of their time to leisure.
[3] Lee did not include food preparation time in his study, arguing that "work" should be defined as the time spent gathering enough food for sustenance.
[4] When total time spent on food acquisition, processing, and cooking was added together, the estimate per week was 44.5 hours for men and 40.1 hours for women, but Lee added that this is still less than the total hours spent on work and housework in many modern Western households.
[4]"
-Taken from wikipedia on original affluent society
Hunter-gatherers also eat healthier diets
We learned about this stuff in anthropology