My idea. Can a modern human survive in 10000 BC

13-08-2019 06:39PM #1

Was thinking this, would a modern person be able to survive or even thrive of you found yourself in the past?
Was reading about how the Egyptians made the pyramid and thought would wonder how would I fare if I went back in time.

What do you think would help of it happened?

Ten of Swords · 13-08-2019 07:07PM

I wonder what would get you first, starvation/hunger or extreme internet deficiency

touts · 13-08-2019 07:11PM

Sure wouldnt all the hipsters be grand with their caveman beards and Paelo diets.

Paddy Cow · 13-08-2019 07:11PM

Not a chance. I couldn't even make a basic fire without firelighters and a lighter.

13-08-2019 07:13PM

i'd be fecked

Galwayguy35 · 13-08-2019 07:15PM

The average Joe Soap wouldn't have a hope of surviving.

Living in a cave during the Ice Age and having to go out and kill something every day for food and also avoid becoming some predators dinner, most of us would be dead in a day.

wally79 · 13-08-2019 07:18PM

Can I bring some guns?

Insect Overlord · 13-08-2019 07:19PM

Learning one of those proto-languages would be pure awkward too.

wally79 · 13-08-2019 07:20PM

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Learning one of those proto-languages would be pure awkward too.

Probably wouldn’t be an issue after you infect the entire population with some modern bug

Irishphotodesk · 13-08-2019 07:21PM

Skyrimaddict wrote: »

Was thinking this, would a modern person be able to survive or even thrive of you found yourself in the past?
Was reading about how the Egyptians made the pyramid and thought would wonder how would I fare if I went back in time.

What do you think would help of it happened?

That depends on if you believe the history we are told [takes off tinfoil hat]

Dr Bob · 13-08-2019 07:22PM

Get a copy of this book and you're laughing..
How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler https://g.co/kgs/4fQ3vV

Actually get it anyway as its really good!

peasant · 13-08-2019 07:22PM

If I could arrive fully clothed and with bag full of basic tools (firelighter, knife, saw, axe, rope..that kinda thing) I might perhaps stand the tiniest of chances.

Fall out of the sky naked as a babe...I'd give myself about a day and a night...or the appearance of a sabre tooth tiger...whichever comes first

Woke Hogan · 13-08-2019 07:25PM

I think would be fine. To be honest, basic survivalist skills aren't as difficult as people would think. It might suit some of you to give making a fire out in the wild a go, rather than sitting on your arses on the computer all day.

Then it would be a simple matter of integrating into a local tribe by learning their language, assuming I wouldn't immediately be sold into slavery or murdered by anyone I encountered.

4068ac1elhodqr · 13-08-2019 07:49PM

TV show: Naked & Afraid (DMAX) does exactly this (in approximation).

Find a fresh water source, improvise boots of palm leaves & twine, start a friction soapstone fire, lash up a quick A-frame/lean shelter, pick up split flint and bigstick (ideally viable as an atlatl), then go bate something furry. Drag it back, cook it and wear it as a nice jumper & hat.

Day two, upgrade to nicer cave, use the jumper and some berries as a gift to a suitable healthy seed carrying vessel. Craft a wooden flute to romance this Cavelady with melodic renditions of boyzone-esq tunes and chest beating. Later initiate propogation under a starry sky, (but not until the 3rd cave-date), after a session of charcoal cave wall painting.

13-08-2019 07:54PM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

I think would be fine. To be honest, basic survivalist skills aren't as difficult as people would think. It might suit some of you to give making a fire out in the wild a go, rather than sitting on your arses on the computer all day.

Then it would be a simple matter of integrating into a local tribe by learning their language, assuming I wouldn't immediately be sold into slavery or murdered by anyone I encountered.

i'm alright with just playing some beat saber ta

13-08-2019 07:55PM

Skyrimaddict wrote: »

Was thinking this, would a modern person be able to survive or even thrive of you found yourself in the past?
Was reading about how the Egyptians made the pyramid and thought would wonder how would I fare if I went back in time.

What do you think would help of it happened?

I've been to Egypt. Modern Egyptians can't safeguard the pyramids let alone build them. They definitely aren't the descendants of the pyramid builders. More likely the descendants of the tomb rubbers.

Feisar · 13-08-2019 07:57PM

We are pack/social creatures. Since anyone dropped back 12000 years ago wouldn’t have a hope in fitting in I’d say survivability would be close to zero.

Capt'n Midnight · 13-08-2019 08:01PM

Ten of Swords wrote: »

I wonder what would get you first, starvation/hunger or extreme internet deficiency

Smallpox probably.

We had malaria here back in Cromwell's time.

And bears and wolves. Wolves generally don't go for people but Irish ones did.

Worldwide lots more big critters. Even if the wouldn't eat you, they wouldn't be as afraid and might decide to take a shortcut through you.

Or just infection from a bad cut.

Or drinking the water, though 10,000 BC it wouldn't be too bad.

No health and safety back then.

No police.

Depending on where you were human might have been on the menu.

Starvation could just be a matter of bad timing. In a good year there'd be tough times. In a bad year ...

Ten of Swords · 13-08-2019 08:06PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

No health and safety back then..

:eek:

Op, it seems the Natufians would have been one of the more advanced civilizations around that time period so make sure you zap yourself back to what is now Israel and you'll be fine

Capt'n Midnight · 13-08-2019 08:07PM

wally79 wrote: »

Can I bring some guns?

Yeah sure knock your self out.

Useless without bullets. Or a way to make them. Or tools to repair and adjust the guns.

And they'd get taken off you the first time you fell asleep.

TheRepentent · 13-08-2019 08:09PM

Tiana Teeny Goggles wrote: »

Day two, upgrade to nicer cave, use the jumper and some berries as a gift to a suitable healthy seed carrying vessel. Craft a wooden flute to romance this Cavelady with melodic renditions of boyzone-esq tunes and chest beating. Later initiate propogation under a starry sky, (but not until the 3rd cave-date), after a session of charcoal cave wall painting.

Never seen that in Naked and Afraid:eek:

jaxxx · 13-08-2019 08:11PM

No way in hell were the pyramids built by humans alone. Look at the size of some of those stones, even modern technology would struggle to move the largest of them. Aliens, definitely aliens.

ever not always · 13-08-2019 08:13PM

Woke Hogan · 13-08-2019 08:19PM

bluewolf wrote: »

i'm alright with just playing some beat saber ta

What?

biko · 13-08-2019 09:18PM

I'd be dead before nightfall.

13-08-2019 09:19PM

I can barely survive in 2019 AD.

gozunda · 13-08-2019 09:22PM

Sleeper12 wrote: »

I've been to Egypt. Modern Egyptians can't safeguard the pyramids let alone build them. They definitely aren't the descendants of the pyramid builders. More likely the descendants of the tomb rubbers .

...did they rub out some pyramids or ?

Upforthematch · 13-08-2019 09:26PM

A modern irish human couldn't survive with an indigenous tribe living in 2019 never mind 10000bc. Imagine no internet, no Tesco, no dishwasher!!!

Your Face · 13-08-2019 09:36PM

As long as I find the Monolith before everyone else.

kneemos · 13-08-2019 09:38PM

Would it be that much different from ending up living on the street?
You wouldn't need to kill, gut and cook your food, but there would be predators and disease.

Ten of Swords · 13-08-2019 09:42PM

kneemos wrote: »

Would it be that much different from ending up living on the street?

Yes, immeasurably different

My idea. Can a modern human survive in 10000 BC

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